sculptor
/ˈskʌlptɚ/noun
sculptor is spelled S-C-U-L-P-T-O-R: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sculptor means “A person who sculpts; an artist who produces sculpture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sculptor is sculptors.
How many letters and syllables are in sculptor?
| Letters | 8: S-C-U-L-P-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.2 times per million words; the 18,537th 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 sculptor?
Sculptor appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th 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 sculptor?
- US /ˈskʌlptɚ/
Sculptor has 2 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: En-us-sculptor.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sculptor
- sculptors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sculptor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who sculpts; an artist who produces sculpture.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sculptor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a person who sculpts:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sculpteur, sculptrice |
| German | Skulpteur, Skulpteurin, Bildhauer, Bildhauerin |
| Portuguese | escultor |
| Spanish | escultor, escultora |
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 sculptor come from?
Borrowed from Latin sculptor, equivalent to sculpt + -or.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).