# fitter

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfɪtə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #28,549

## Definitions
1. A person who fits or assembles something.
2. An epileptic.
3. A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the shipper.
4. A person employed to find suitable music to accompany silent films.

## Etymology
From fit (verb) + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **fixer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fitter-vs-fixer)
- **fiver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fitter-vs-fiver)
- **foster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fitter-vs-foster)
- **footer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fitter-vs-footer)
- **flatter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fitter-vs-flatter)
- **flutter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fitter-vs-flutter)
- **fiber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiber-vs-fitter)
- **finer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finer-vs-fitter)
- **father** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/father-vs-fitter)
- **faster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faster-vs-fitter)
- **finger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finger-vs-fitter)
- **filter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filter-vs-fitter)
- **fitted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fitted-vs-fitter)
- **fisher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisher-vs-fitter)
- **filler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filler-vs-fitter)
- **finder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finder-vs-fitter)
- **fatter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fatter-vs-fitter)
- **firmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/firmer-vs-fitter)
- **falter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/falter-vs-fitter)
- **fester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fester-vs-fitter)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ffitter`, `fiter`, `fitetr`, `fitterr`, `fittre`, `ftiter`, `iftter`

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