validator
noun
validator is a noun meaning “One who validates” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-A-L-I-D-A-T-O-R, and it appears about once in every 11 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of validator is validators.
What does validator mean?
noun
- 1
One who validates.
- 2
Something that validates.
Use the HTML validator to check that your web page is correctly coded.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of validator
- validators plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is validator?
Validator appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 99,289th 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).
Validator in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cachet, validateur |
| German | Prüfer, Prüferin, Validierer, Validiererin , Entwerter |
| Portuguese | validador |
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 validator come from?
From validate + -or.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).