# coulter

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkəʊltə/ · frequency rank #24,127

## Definitions
1. A cutter, consisting of a blade in either knife form or disk form, attached to the ploughbeam of a plough to cut the sward, in front of the ploughshare and mouldboard.
2. The part of a seed drill that makes the furrow for the seed.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English culter, from Old English culter, from Latin culter (“a knife”). For the phonetic development, see poultry.

## Easily confused with
- **cutter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coulter-vs-cutter)
- **culver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coulter-vs-culver)
- **counted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coulter-vs-counted)
- **courier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coulter-vs-courier)
- **courted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coulter-vs-courted)
- **coupler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coulter-vs-coupler)
- **courtier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coulter-vs-courtier)
- **cooler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cooler-vs-coulter)
- **cotter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cotter-vs-coulter)
- **cluster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cluster-vs-coulter)
- **coaster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coaster-vs-coulter)
- **collier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collier-vs-coulter)
- **clutter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clutter-vs-coulter)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ccoulter`, `coluter`, `couletr`, `coullter`, `coulterr`, `coultre`, `coultter`, `coutler`, `cuolter`, `oculter`

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