sector
/ˈsɛk.təɹ/noun
sector is spelled S-E-C-T-O-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 46 times per million words in written English, the 2,204th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sector means “A section” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sector is sectors.
How many letters and syllables are in sector?
| Letters | 6: S-E-C-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 46 times per million words; the 2,204th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sector?
Sector appears 46 times per million words in written English, the 2,204th 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 sector?
- US /ˈsɛk.təɹ/
- /ˈsɛk.tɚ/
- /ˈsɛk.tɐ/
Sector 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sector.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sector?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sector from its last stressed vowel (/ɛktəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: escort, corset, scoter, scrote.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of sector
- sectors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sector mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A section.
- 2
In the schedule for an aircraft and its crew, the period starting with preparation of the plane before loading at one airport and ending with deplaning at the next.
- 3
An area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible.
- 4
One of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier.
- 5
a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes.
- 6
A community or subculture within the wider intermicronational community.
- 7
Part of a circle, extending to the center; circular sector.
- 8
A portion of a sphere or ball defined by a conical boundary with apex at the center of the sphere.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sector in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 sector come from?
Borrowed from Latin sector.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).