# Validator or Validater

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/validator-or-validater/447519
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [April 30, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/validator-or-validater/447519 "2008-04-30T21:00:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/validator-or-validater/447519/1 "2008-04-30T21:00:02Z")

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Let’s say my job is to compare one number to another number. If they match, I check a box marked ‘validated’.

So am I validator or a validater?

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### Author: ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/validator-or-validater/447519/2 "2008-04-30T21:03:03Z")

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[QUOTE=Folly]  
Let’s say my job is to compare one number to another number. If they match, I check a box marked ‘validated’.

So am I validator or a validater?  
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google - validator - about 15 million hits

google - validater - about 13,300 hits