blotter
noun
blotter is spelled B-L-O-T-T-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, blotter means “A piece of blotting paper in a pad as a piece of desk furniture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of blotter is blotters.
How many letters and syllables are in blotter?
| Letters | 7: B-L-O-T-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 56,788th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is blotter?
Blotter appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,788th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce blotter?
- US
Blotter has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-blotter.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with blotter?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as blotter.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bottler.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of blotter
- blotters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blotter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A piece of blotting paper in a pad as a piece of desk furniture.
- 2
A strip of such paper saturated with perfume.
- 3
A daily register of arrests and other events in a police station.
- 4
A register of the related events made in the form of the list of times and brief descriptions.
All transactions were entered in the cash blotter and agent's subsidiary ledger.
- 5
slangA portion of blotter acid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Blotter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense police station register:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Protokollbuch, Polizeiregister |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does blotter come from?
From blot + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).