# chatted vs chatter

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### chatted
*verb · IPA /ˈt͡ʃætɪd/ · frequency rank #23,200*
simple past and past participle of chat

### chatter
*noun · IPA /ˈtʃætə/ · frequency rank #17,565*
Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chatted-vs-chatter