# blatter

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈblat.ə/ · frequency rank #46,937

## Definitions
1. Blather; foolish talk.
2. A sound of rapid motion.
3. A hard battering of rain.

## Etymology
From Latin blaterāre. Influenced by other expressive verbs ending in -er.

## Easily confused with
- **butter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blatter-vs-butter)
- **blazer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blatter-vs-blazer)
- **blister** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blatter-vs-blister)
- **bluster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blatter-vs-bluster)
- **blitzer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blatter-vs-blitzer)
- **better** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/better-vs-blatter)
- **bitter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bitter-vs-blatter)
- **batter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batter-vs-blatter)
- **Baxter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baxter-vs-blatter)
- **banter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/banter-vs-blatter)
- **batted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batted-vs-blatter)
- **beater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beater-vs-blatter)
- **barter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barter-vs-blatter)
- **batten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/batten-vs-blatter)
- **battery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/battery-vs-blatter)
- **bladder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bladder-vs-blatter)
- **blasted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blasted-vs-blatter)
- **blaster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blaster-vs-blatter)
- **blacker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blacker-vs-blatter)

## Common misspellings (9)
`baltter`, `bblatter`, `blater`, `blatetr`, `blatterr`, `blattre`, `bllatter`, `bltater`, `lbatter`

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