# sponsor

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈspɒn.sə/ · frequency rank #6,742

## Definitions
1. A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.
2. A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.
3. A person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, media program, etc., usually in exchange for advertising.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin spōnsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism”).

## Easily confused with
- **sponsored** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sponsor-vs-sponsored)
- **sensor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sensor-vs-sponsor)
- **Spenser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spenser-vs-sponsor)

## Common misspellings (11)
`psonsor`, `sopnsor`, `spnosor`, `sponnsor`, `sponosr`, `sponsorr`, `sponsro`, `sponssor`, `sposnor`, `spponsor`, `ssponsor`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sponsor