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tutor

tu·tor/ˈtjuːtəː/noun, verb

tutor is spelled T-U-T-O-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables (tu·tor). It appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tutor means “One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tutor is tutors.

How many letters and syllables are in tutor?

Letters5: T-U-T-O-R
Syllables2: tu·tor
In writing4.7 times per million words; the 11,685th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Same letters

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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is tutor?

Tutor appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th 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 tutor?

  • /ˈtjuːtəː/
  • [ˈtʰjʊu̯tʰəː]
  • /ˈt͡ʃuːtəː/

Tutor has 2 syllables, split tu·tor in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-tutor.ogg, En-us-tutor.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with tutor?

No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tutor.

Spelled with the same letters in another order: trout.

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 tutor

  • tutors plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • tutoring participle, present
  • tutored participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does tutor mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.

    He passed the difficult class with help from his tutor.

  2. 2

    UKA university officer responsible for students in a particular hall.

  3. 3

    UKA homeroom.

  4. 4

    QuebecobsoleteOne who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.

  5. 5

    A card that allows one to search one's deck for one or more other cards.

verb

  1. 1

    To instruct or teach, especially an individual or small group.

    To help pay her tuition, the college student began to tutor high school students in calculus and physics.

  2. 2

    archaicTo treat with authority or sternness.

  3. 3

    To fetch a card from one's deck.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Tutor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchtuteur (one who teaches another)
GermanLehrer, Nachhilfelehrer (one who teaches another)
Portuguesetutor (one who teaches another), tutelar, tutorar (to instruct or teach, especially to an…)
Spanishtutor, protutor, contutor (disused), acudiente (one who teaches another), enseñar, instruir (to instruct or teach, especially to an…)

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 tutor come from?

From Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur (French tuteur), from Latin tūtor (“a watcher, protector, guardian”), from tueor (“protect”); see tuition.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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