realtor
/ˈɹi(ə)l.təɹ/
"realtor" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“realtor” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #21,042 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #21,042
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person or business that sells or leases out real estate, acting as an agent for the property owner.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | realtor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹi(ə)l.təɹ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,042 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “realtor” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for realtor is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɹi(ə)l.təɹ/. Corpus data places it at rank #21,042 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A person or business that sells or leases out real estate, acting as an agent for the property owner.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for realtor, with forms such as "eraltor", "raeltor", and "realltor". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "realty", "rector", "rialto", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From real (in real estate) and -or. Coined by Charles N. Chadbourn in 1916, on the model of Latin agent nouns ending in -tor (such as actor, creator), to refer to real-estate professionals who are members of the National Association of Realtors, a trade ass… The correct English form is realtor, spelled R-E-A-L-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1A person or business that sells or leases out real estate, acting as an agent for the property owner.
Etymology
From real (in real estate) and -or. Coined by Charles N. Chadbourn in 1916, on the model of Latin agent nouns ending in -tor (such as actor, creator), to refer to real-estate professionals who are members of the National Association of Realtors, a trade association in the United States. Equivalent to realt(y) + -or.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eraltor,raeltor,realltor,realotr,realtorr,realtro,realttor,reatlor,relator,rrealtor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of realtor - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “realtor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-A-L-T-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɹi(ə)l.təɹ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “realty” - see the side-by-side comparison. realtor vs realty
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.