travelator

/ˈtɹæv.ə.leɪ.tɚ/

//ˈtɹæv.ə.leɪ.tɚ// noun

"travelator" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“travelator” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A moving walkway; a slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally or on an incline in a similar manner to an escalator.

Corpus desk

Index EN-travelator · travelator · English

travelator · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for travelator
PropertyValue
Headwordtravelator
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈtɹæv.ə.leɪ.tɚ/
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “travelator” in English

travelatorsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

travelator is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɹæv.ə.leɪ.tɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A moving walkway; a slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally or on an incline in a similar manner to an escalator.".

travelator has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of travel + escalator. The correct English form is travelator, spelled T-R-A-V-E-L-A-T-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A moving walkway; a slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally or on an incline in a similar manner to an escalator.

Etymology

Blend of travel + escalator.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "travelator"?
"travelator" is spelled T-R-A-V-E-L-A-T-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈtɹæv.ə.leɪ.tɚ/.
What does "travelator" mean?
As a noun, "travelator" means: A moving walkway; a slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally or on an incline in a similar manner to an escalator.
How do you pronounce "travelator"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "travelator" is /ˈtɹæv.ə.leɪ.tɚ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "travelator"?
Blend of travel + escalator. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list