Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inspector

/ɪnˈspɛk.tɚ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English

Syllables: in-spec-tor
IPA: /ɪnˈspɛk.tɚ/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person employed to inspect something.

noun

A police officer ranking below superintendent.

noun

A software tool used to examine something.

Example Sentences

"Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.[…]. There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms.[…]."
"Martin had served as inspector general since December 2023. While President Donald Trump fired inspectors general from more than a dozen federal agencies during his first week in office, the USAID watchdog had remained in place."
"Google Chrome has a built-in development tool called the Chrome Inspector. You can use it to examine the HTML elements in a web page; review what resources — or files, cookies, and databases — are active; follow network activity;[…]."
"After that, with the help of the disk inspector, you can at any time compare the status of programs and system disk areas with the original one."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnspector, from īnspiciō, equivalent to inspect + -or.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɪnˈspɛk.tɚ/
British English: /ɪnˈspɛk.təː/

Inflected Forms

inspectors (plural) inspectour (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

inspectorate inspectorship inspectress subinspector

Phrases

chief inspector detective inspector fire inspector home inspector inspector general school inspector tax inspector ticket-inspector

Frequently Paired Words

inspect inspection

Synonyms

examiner

Rhymes With

director sector vector collector detector protector hector connector projector rector nectar spectre

Questions

How do you pronounce inspector?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈspɛk.tɚ/.
What does inspector mean?: A person employed to inspect something.
Where does inspector come from?: Borrowed from Latin īnspector, from īnspiciō, equivalent to inspect + -or.

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