# critter

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɹɪtɚ/ · frequency rank #38,348

## Definitions
1. A creature, an animal.
2. A small locomotive used in an industrial setting.

## Etymology
First attested 1815, from a dialectal pronunciation of creature.

## Easily confused with
- **cutter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/critter-vs-cutter)
- **crater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crater-vs-critter)
- **cotter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cotter-vs-critter)
- **chatter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chatter-vs-critter)
- **clutter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clutter-vs-critter)
- **clatter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clatter-vs-critter)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccritter`, `cirtter`, `criter`, `critetr`, `critterr`, `crittre`, `crritter`, `crtiter`, `rcitter`

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