# converter

> English word · Noun · IPA /kənˈvɜːtə/ · frequency rank #16,873

## Definitions
1. A person or thing that converts.
2. A person or thing that converts.
3. A person or thing that converts.
4. A person or thing that converts.
5. A person or thing that converts.
6. A person or thing that converts.
7. A person or thing that converts.
8. A person or thing that converts.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Proto-Indo-European *wert-
Proto-Indo-European *wértetor
Proto-Italic *wertō
Proto-Italic *komwertō
Latin convertōder.
Old French convertirbor.
Middle English converten
English convert
Latin -ariusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English converter
From convert + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **converts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/converter-vs-converts)
- **convert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convert-vs-converter)
- **converse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/converse-vs-converter)
- **converge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/converge-vs-converter)
- **convener** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/convener-vs-converter)
- **converted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/converted-vs-converter)
- **concerted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concerted-vs-converter)

## Common misspellings (14)
`cconverter`, `cnoverter`, `conevrter`, `connverter`, `converetr`, `converrter`, `converterr`, `convertre`, `convertter`, `convetrer`, `convreter`, `convverter`, `covnerter`, `ocnverter`

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