regulator
/ˈɹɛɡ.ju.leɪ.tɚ/noun
regulator is spelled R-E-G-U-L-A-T-O-R: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, regulator means “A device that controls or limits something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of regulator is regulators.
How many letters and syllables are in regulator?
| Letters | 9: R-E-G-U-L-A-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.2 times per million words; the 12,578th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is regulator?
Regulator appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce regulator?
- UK /ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.leɪ.tə/
- UK /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.leɪ.tə/
- US /ˈɹɛɡ.ju.leɪ.tɚ/
Regulator has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-regulator.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of regulator
- regulators plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does regulator mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A device that controls or limits something.
- 2
Ellipsis of voltage regulator.
The regulator stopped working and the resulting overvoltage destroyed the device.
- 3
A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially regulatory law as sanctioned by statutory law.
- 4
A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.
- 5
A gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes.
- 6
A device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam locomotive.
- 7
Synonym of bulldozer (“member of intimidating group of white US Southerners”).
- 8
A positive real number determining the density of the units in Dirichlet's unit theorem.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Regulator in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | regulador , regularizador |
| Spanish | regulador |
| French | régulateur |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does regulator come from?
From regulate + -or.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).