fritter
/ˈfɹɪtə(ɹ)/
"fritter" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fritter” is uncommon English (frequency #69,869 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,869
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fritter · fritter · English
fritter · rank #69,869 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,869
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH Fultz
Nearest frequency peer: Fultz (+3 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “fritter”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- forecastle
forecastle
30,137 corpus weight
- Franconia
Franconia
30,136 corpus weight
- fritter
fritter
30,132 corpus weight
- Fultz
Fultz
30,129 corpus weight
- gabapentin
gabapentin
30,127 corpus weight
- galactose
galactose
30,126 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “fritter” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fritter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɹɪtə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,869 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fritter” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fritter is uncommon English at frequency #69,869 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfɹɪtə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fritter, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English fryture, from Middle French friture, from Old French friture, from Vulgar Latin *frīctūra, from Latin frīgō (“to fry”); compare fry. For the development of Middle English /iu̯r(ə)/ into /ə(ɹ)/, compare armour, batter, border, s… The correct English form is fritter, spelled F-R-I-T-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter.
- 2A fragment; a shred; a small piece.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fritter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And cut whole giants into fritters.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fryture, from Middle French friture, from Old French friture, from Vulgar Latin *frīctūra, from Latin frīgō (“to fry”); compare fry. For the development of Middle English /iu̯r(ə)/ into /ə(ɹ)/, compare armour, batter, border, solder.
This word in other languages
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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