# cotter

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɒtə/ · frequency rank #37,401

## Definitions
1. A pin or wedge inserted through a slot to hold machine parts together.
2. A cotter pin.

## Etymology
Unknown.

## Easily confused with
- **cover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cotter-vs-cover)
- **cower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cotter-vs-cower)
- **cotton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cotter-vs-cotton)
- **cutter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cotter-vs-cutter)
- **crater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cotter-vs-crater)
- **cutler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cotter-vs-cutler)
- **Cowper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cotter-vs-cowper)
- **coulter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cotter-vs-coulter)
- **critter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cotter-vs-critter)
- **cote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cote-vs-cotter)
- **cater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cater-vs-cotter)
- **conte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conte-vs-cotter)
- **comte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comte-vs-cotter)
- **comer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comer-vs-cotter)
- **cotta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cotta-vs-cotter)
- **coker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coker-vs-cotter)
- **coder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coder-vs-cotter)
- **center** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/center-vs-cotter)
- **corner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corner-vs-cotter)
- **Carter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carter-vs-cotter)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccotter`, `coter`, `cotetr`, `cotterr`, `cottre`, `ctoter`, `octter`

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