distractor

From distract +‎ -or.

distractor (plural distractors)

1. Alternative spelling of distracter.

distractor (feminine distractora, masculine plural distractores, feminine plural distractoras)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of distrator; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

distractor m (plural distractores, feminine distractora, feminine plural distractoras)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of distrator; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

• “distractor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

distractor m (plural distractores)

1. distracter

• “distractor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025