chatterer

noun

"chatterer" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“chatterer” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who chatters; a chatterbox.

Corpus desk

Index EN-chatterer · chatterer · English

chatterer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for chatterer
PropertyValue
Headwordchatterer
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “chatterer” in English

chatterersits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chatterer is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chatterer, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From chatter + -er. The correct English form is chatterer, spelled C-H-A-T-T-E-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A person who chatters; a chatterbox.
  2. 2
    Any of several passerine birds, mostly from South America; especially the cotingas.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how chatterer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Yes, I am a chatterer, indeed, to interrupt you so often, Monsieur.
  2. “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers,[…]the chlorotic squatters on huge yachts, the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosus,[…]!”

Etymology

From chatter + -er.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chatterer"?
"chatterer" is spelled C-H-A-T-T-E-R-E-R.
What does "chatterer" mean?
As a noun, "chatterer" means: A person who chatters; a chatterbox.
What is the origin of the word "chatterer"?
From chatter + -er. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list