Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prooflistener

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: prooflis-ten-er
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who listens, usually to a recording, for errors.

Example Sentences

"Often a prooflistener could clearly discriminate the words after repeated listening to a passage which the transcriber had previously found unintelligible."
"Wolfram Kandinsky, who does narration and voice-overs on television programs and played roles on “Radio Mystery Theater,” says: “The hard part is reading so much material without getting to rehearse it. The easy part is erasing and redoing lines you don’t think you did right.” SOMETIMES THE latter becames^([sic]) an argument between the reader and a “prooflistener.” All books are proofread."
"Time and again, her skill as a proofreader and her patience as a “prooflistener” helped her husband through rocky patches in his pilgrimage with the Popes."

Etymology

From proof + listener, modelled on earlier proofreader.

Inflected Forms

prooflisteners (plural) proof-listener (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

prooflisten

Questions

What does prooflistener mean?: One who listens, usually to a recording, for errors.
Where does prooflistener come from?: From proof + listener, modelled on earlier proofreader.

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