# biter

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbaɪtɚ/ · frequency rank #46,936

## Definitions
1. Agent noun of bite; someone or something who bites or tends to bite.
2. A fish that tends to take bait.
3. A stone that barely touches the outside of the house.
4. One who copies someone else's work, style or techniques, especially in hip-hop.
5. A cheat or fraudster.
6. A zombie.

## Etymology
From Middle English biter, bitere, equivalent to bite + -er. Cognate with West Frisian biter (“biter”), Dutch bijter (“biter”), German Low German Bieter (“biter”), German Beißer (“biter”).

## Easily confused with
- **bits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biter-vs-bits)
- **byte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biter-vs-byte)
- **Boer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biter-vs-boer)
- **bute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biter-vs-bute)
- **buyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biter-vs-buyer)
- **bites** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biter-vs-bites)
- **boxer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biter-vs-boxer)
- **bytes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biter-vs-bytes)
- **boner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biter-vs-boner)
- **bower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biter-vs-bower)
- **boyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biter-vs-boyer)
- **bitty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biter-vs-bitty)
- **butter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biter-vs-butter)
- **bother** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biter-vs-bother)
- **bitter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biter-vs-bitter)
- **butler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biter-vs-butler)
- **boiler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biter-vs-boiler)
- **bitten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biter-vs-bitten)
- **buster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biter-vs-buster)
- **blister** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/biter-vs-blister)

## Common misspellings (6)
`bbiter`, `bietr`, `biterr`, `bitre`, `btier`, `ibter`

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