# tutor

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtutɚ/ · frequency rank #11,817

## Definitions
1. One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.
2. A university officer responsible for students in a particular hall.
3. A homeroom.
4. One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.

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

## Easily confused with
- **tutu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tutor-vs-tutu)
- **tutti** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tutor-vs-tutti)
- **Tutsi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tutor-vs-tutsi)
- **tor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tor-vs-tutor)
- **tut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tut-vs-tutor)
- **tur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tur-vs-tutor)
- **Thor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thor-vs-tutor)
- **tito** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tito-vs-tutor)
- **tumor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tumor-vs-tutor)
- **tenor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tenor-vs-tutor)
- **Tudor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tudor-vs-tutor)
- **Timor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timor-vs-tutor)
- **tuner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuner-vs-tutor)
- **Tatar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tatar-vs-tutor)
- **tabor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tabor-vs-tutor)
- **Teton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teton-vs-tutor)
- **tuber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuber-vs-tutor)
- **tater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tater-vs-tutor)
- **tumour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tumour-vs-tutor)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ttuor`, `ttutor`, `tuotr`, `tutorr`, `tutro`, `tuttor`, `uttor`

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