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Yes. The word corrector is a Scrabble US word. The word corrector is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word corrector is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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9-letter words (1 found)

CORRECTOR,

7-letter words (1 found)

CORRECT,

6-letter words (6 found)

COOTER,RECTOR,ROOTER,RORTER,TERROR,TORERO,

5-letter words (9 found)

CEROC,COOER,CORER,CRORE,ERROR,RECCO,RECTO,RETRO,ROTOR,

4-letter words (18 found)

CERO,CERT,COCO,COOT,CORE,COTE,CROC,ECCO,ROOT,RORE,RORT,ROTE,ROTO,TOCO,TORC,TORE,TORO,TORR,

3-letter words (22 found)

COO,COR,COT,ECO,ERR,OOR,OOT,ORC,ORE,ORT,REC,REO,RET,ROC,ROE,ROO,ROT,TEC,TOC,TOE,TOO,TOR,

2-letter words (8 found)

ER,ET,OE,OO,OR,RE,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 66 words from corrector according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of corrector

corrector

Alternative forms

  • correctour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English corrector, correctour, equivalent to correct +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

Noun

corrector (plural correctors)

  1. One who corrects.
  2. (obsolete) A proofreader.
  3. (obsolete) A director or governor.

Derived terms

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin corrēctor, from corrigō (“I correct”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ku.rəkˈto]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ko.rəkˈto]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ko.rekˈtoɾ]

Adjective

corrector (feminine correctora, masculine plural correctors, feminine plural correctores)

  1. correcting

Noun

corrector m (plural correctors, feminine correctora)

  1. (education) proofreader
  2. (publishing) copy editor

Noun

corrector m (plural correctors)

  1. (cosmetics) concealer
  2. (graphic arts) correcting fluid
  3. (computing) corrector, correction software (of spelling or grammar)
  4. (nutrition) supplement, regulator
    Synonym: premescla

Related terms

  • correcte
  • corregir

Further reading

  • “corrector”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “corrector” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “corrector” in termcat, Centre de Terminologia, 2024.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corrēctor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkɔˈrɛk.tɔr/
  • Hyphenation: cor‧rec‧tor
  • Rhymes: -ɛktɔr

Noun

corrector m (plural correctoren or correctors)

  1. corrector

Related terms

  • correcteur

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: korèktor

Latin

Etymology

From corrēctus.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /korˈreːk.tor/, [kɔrˈreːkt̪ɔr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /korˈrek.tor/, [korˈrɛkt̪or]

Noun

corrēctor m (genitive corrēctōris); third declension

  1. corrector, improver, reformer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

  • “corrector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “corrector”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • corrector in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • corrector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Noun

corrector m (plural correctores, feminine correctora, feminine plural correctoras)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of corretor. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corrēctōrem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koreɡˈtoɾ/ [ko.reɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: co‧rrec‧tor

Adjective

corrector (feminine correctora, masculine plural correctores, feminine plural correctoras)

  1. corrective, correcting

Noun

corrector m (plural correctores, feminine correctora, feminine plural correctoras)

  1. corrector
  2. proofreader

Noun

corrector m (plural correctores)

  1. spell checker
    Synonym: corrector ortográfico

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “corrector”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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