cutter
/ˈkʌtɚ/
"cutter" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cutter” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #11,195 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,195
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person or device that cuts (in various senses).
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cutter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkʌtɚ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #11,195 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cutter” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for cutter is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkʌtɚ/. Corpus data places it at rank #11,195 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 20 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cutter, with forms such as "ccutter", "ctuter", and "cuter". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "cute", "cater", "cutie", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English cutter, cuttere, kutter. By surface analysis, cut + -er. The correct English form is cutter, spelled C-U-T-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person or device that cuts (in various senses).
- 2A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop.
- 3A motorized vessel used in law enforcement purpose
- 4A foretooth; an incisor.
- 5A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore.
- 6A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut.
- 7A cut fastball.
- 8A ten-pence piece. So named because it is the coin most often sharpened by prison inmates to use as a weapon.
- 9A person who practices self-injury by making cuts in the flesh.
- 10A surgeon.
- 11An animal yielding inferior meat, with little or no external fat and marbling.
- 12An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.
- 13A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer.
- 14A kind of soft yellow brick, easily cut, and used for facework.
- 15A light sleigh drawn by one horse.
- 16A flag or similar instrument for blocking light.
- 17A knife.
- 18An active child.
- 19A supporter of infant circumcision or female genital mutilation; pro-circumcisionist.
- 20A three-quarters facelock bulldog move in which the attacker drives the opponent's head into the mat while falling onto their back.
Etymology
From Middle English cutter, cuttere, kutter. By surface analysis, cut + -er.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccutter,ctuter,cuter,cutetr,cutterr,cuttre,uctter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cutter - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cutter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-U-T-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkʌtɚ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cute” - see the side-by-side comparison. cutter vs cute
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.