counsellor
/ˈkaʊnsəlɚ/
noun
Familiar
1.n.someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp
2.n.someone who gives advice about problems
3.n.a lawyer who pleads cases in court
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counsellor and counselor are homophones: they are pronounced identically and spelled differently, which is why they are so often swapped. counsellor means “someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp”. counselor means “someone who gives advice about problems”. counselor is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/ˈkaʊnsəlɚ/
1.n.someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp
2.n.someone who gives advice about problems
3.n.a lawyer who pleads cases in court
| counsellor | counselor | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈkaʊnsəlɚ/ | /ˈkaʊnsəlɚ/ |
| Said | KOWN-suh-lur | KOWN-suh-lur |
| Syllables | 3 | 3 |
| Letters | 10 | 9 |
| Parts of speech | noun | noun |
| Senses | 3 | 3 |
| How common | Familiar | Common |
| Synonyms | counselor | counsellor |
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/ˈkaʊnsəlɚ/
1.n.someone who gives advice about problems
2.n.someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp
3.n.a lawyer who pleads cases in court