clutter
/ˈklʌtɚ/noun, verb
clutter is spelled C-L-U-T-T-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, clutter means “A confused disordered jumble of things” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of clutter is clutters.
How many letters and syllables are in clutter?
| Letters | 7: C-L-U-T-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,073rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 clutter?
Clutter appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd 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 clutter?
- UK /ˈklʌtə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈklʌtɚ/
- US [ˈklʌɾɚ]
Clutter 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)-Vealhurl-clutter.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with clutter?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as clutter from its last stressed vowel (/ʌtəɹ/):
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 clutter
- clutters plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- cluttering participle, present
- cluttered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does clutter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A confused disordered jumble of things.
- 2
Background echoes, from clouds etc., on a radar or sonar screen.
- 3
Alternative form of clowder.
- 4
obsoleteClatter; confused noise.
October 14 1718, John Arbuthnot, letter to Jonathan Swift I hardly heard a word of news or politicks, except a little clutter about sending some impertinent presidents du parliament to prison
- 5
A Sperner family.
verb
- 1
To fill something with clutter.
- 2
obsoleteTo clot or coagulate, like blood.
- 3
To make a confused noise; to bustle.
- 4
To utter words hurriedly, especially (but not exclusively) as a speech disorder (compare cluttering).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Clutter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bric-à-brac, bordel, encombrement , encombrer |
| German | Unordnung, Wirrwarr, Durcheinander, Verwirrung , anhäufen, überhäufen |
| Portuguese | bagunça, desordem |
| Spanish | revoltijo, enredo, desbarajuste, atiborramiento, batiburrillo, revoltillo |
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 clutter come from?
From Middle English cloteren (“to form clots; coagulate; heap on”), from clot (“clot”), equivalent to clot + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare Welsh cludair (“heap, pile”), cludeirio (“to heap”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).