cooter
/ˈkutɚ/noun
cooter is spelled C-O-O-T-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,114th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cooter means “A freshwater turtle of the eastern United States of the genus Pseudemys” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cooter is cooters.
How many letters and syllables are in cooter?
| Letters | 6: C-O-O-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 65,114th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is cooter?
Cooter appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,114th 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 cooter?
- /ˈkutɚ/
Cooter 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: En-au-cooter.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cooter
- cooters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cooter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A freshwater turtle of the eastern United States of the genus Pseudemys.
- 2
A box turtle.
- 3
slangA redneck.
- 4
colloquialVagina or vulva.
- 5
Alternative form of couter (“a sovereign (coin)”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cooter come from?
Borrowed from Gullah cootuh (“turtle”), from an African language, e.g. Bambara kuta (“turtle”). Attested in English from the 19th century.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).