actor

Astor

author

captor

castor

cursor

doctor

donor

error

factor

flexor

Gaynor

hector

horror

major

manor

minor

mirror

motor

pastor

prior

raptor

razor

rector

sailor

sculptor

sector

sensor

sponsor

squalor

stupor

suitor

tailor

tenor

tensor

terror

torpor

tractor

tremor

tutor

vector

vendor

victor

visor

Windsor

aggressor

assessor

auditor

chancellor

collector

compressor

conductor

confessor

connector

constrictor

contractor

conveyor

councillor

counsellor

creditor

curator

defector

depressor

detector

dictator

director

editor

ejector

elector

emperor

equator

extensor

extractor

governor

impostor

incisor

inspector

instructor

inventor

janitor

monitor

narrator

possessor

predator

predictor

processor

professor

projector

prospector

protector

protractor

purveyor

reactor

resistor

selector

senator

spectator

successor

surveyor

testator

vibrator

visitor

warrior

agitator

ambassador

benefactor

carburetor

competitor

cultivator

decorator

depositor

detonator

elevator

generator

imitator

inheritor

liberator

moderator

operator

predecessor

progenitor

respirator

solicitor

supervisor

terminator

travelator

ventilator

chorizo

Colorado

comfort

decorate

exorcize

forbid

forget

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3 responses to “or as in actor”

  1. Rose says:

    I was trying to segment the word ‘effort’. Does the ‘or’ make a /er/ or schwa sound? I think it is a schwa…

    • alison says:

      Hi Rose, the second syllable in ‘effort’ is unstressed in ordinary speech so it contains schwa, but when you’re spelling this word and saying it slowly as you write (either out loud or in your head) please say ‘eff-ort’ as that will help you remember the spelling. Hope that makes sense, Alison

      • Rose says:

        Thank you for that! One of my students was writing down a list of /or/ words and they included ‘effort’. I thought the ‘or’ was making a schwa sound!

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