tabulator
noun
tabulator is spelled T-A-B-U-L-A-T-O-R: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tabulator means “A person who counts or tabulates things” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tabulator is tabulators.
How many letters and syllables are in tabulator?
| Letters | 9: T-A-B-U-L-A-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 42 million words; the 199,120th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is tabulator?
Tabulator appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th 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).
Forms of tabulator
- tabulators plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tabulator mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who counts or tabulates things.
- 2
The mechanism on a typewriter that sets the position of columns and borders.
- 3
A tab character.
- 4
An early data processing machine that produces printed lists and totals from data on punched cards.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tabulator in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | tabulador |
| French | tabulatrice |
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 tabulator come from?
From tabulate + -or.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).