# getter

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɡɛtə/ · frequency rank #36,158

## Definitions
1. One who, or that which, gets.
2. A function used to retrieve the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the setter.
3. A material which is included in a vacuum system or device for removing gas by sorption.
4. A miner who dug coal, contrasted with the putter, who took it to the surface.

## Etymology
From get + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **gotten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/getter-vs-gotten)
- **gutted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/getter-vs-gutted)
- **gutter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/getter-vs-gutter)
- **geyser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/getter-vs-geyser)
- **Gunter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/getter-vs-gunter)
- **greater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/getter-vs-greater)
- **glitter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/getter-vs-glitter)
- **Guetta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/getter-vs-guetta)
- **gender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gender-vs-getter)
- **gather** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gather-vs-getter)
- **garter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garter-vs-getter)
- **Geiger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/geiger-vs-getter)
- **Geller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/geller-vs-getter)
- **Gerber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gerber-vs-getter)
- **geezer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/geezer-vs-getter)

## Common misspellings (7)
`egtter`, `geter`, `getetr`, `getterr`, `gettre`, `ggetter`, `gteter`

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