supervisor
/ˈsupɚˌvaɪzɚ/noun
supervisor is spelled S-U-P-E-R-V-I-S-O-R: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 8.9 times per million words in written English, the 7,672nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, supervisor means “A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of supervisor is supervisors.
How many letters and syllables are in supervisor?
| Letters | 10: S-U-P-E-R-V-I-S-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.9 times per million words; the 7,672nd 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 supervisor?
Supervisor appears 8.9 times per million words in written English, the 7,672nd 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 supervisor?
- UK /ˈsuːpəˌvaɪzə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈsupɚˌvaɪzɚ/
Supervisor 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-supervisor.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of supervisor
- supervisors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does supervisor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
Near-synonyms: superintendent, manager, boss, executive, overseer
- 2
A person who monitors someone to make sure they comply with rules or other requirements set for them.
- 3
USIn certain states, an elected member of the governing body for a county which is called the board of supervisors.
- 4
A process responsible for managing other processes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate supervisor?
Wiktionary records 4 abbreviations of supervisor: supe, superv., supv., supvr..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Supervisor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group etc:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | superviseur, superviseuse |
| German | Aufseher, Aufseherin, Vorgesetzter, Vorgesetzte |
| Portuguese | supervisor |
| Spanish | supervisor, director |
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 supervisor come from?
Attested since the 15th century C.E.; from Middle English supervisor, supervisour, supervysor, supervysour, from Latin supervīsor, from supervideō, in turn from super + videō. By surface analysis, supervise + -or.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).