director

/\di.rek.ˈtor\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,213

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

director is aFrenchnoun. It means: Directeur. Pronounced \di.rek.ˈtor\. Often confused with directs and directory.

Key facts for director
PropertyValue
Headworddirector
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\di.rek.ˈtor\
Letters8
Frequency rank#40,213
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of director in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for director is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \di.rek.ˈtor\. Corpus data places it at rank #40,213 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for director, with forms such as "ddirector", "dierctor", and "dircetor". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "directs", "directory", "direct", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is director, spelled D-I-R-E-C-T-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Directeur.
  2. 2
    Chef d’orchestre.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddirector,dierctor,dircetor,direcctor,direcotr,directorr,directro,directtor,diretcor,dirrector,driector,idrector

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for director

Misspelling Variants of "director"

ddirector9dierctor8dircetor8direcctor9direcotr8directorr9directro8directtor9
Misspelling Variants of "director"

Frequency rank: #40,213 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "director"?
"director" is spelled D-I-R-E-C-T-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is \di.rek.ˈtor\.
What does "director" mean?
As a noun, "director" means: Directeur.
What words are commonly confused with "director"?
"director" is commonly confused with "directs", "directory", "direct". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "director"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "director" is \di.rek.ˈtor\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "director" come from?
"director" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.