hitter
/ˈhɪtɚ/noun
hitter is spelled H-I-T-T-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hitter means “One who or that which hits” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hitter is hitters.
How many letters and syllables are in hitter?
| Letters | 6: H-I-T-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.2 times per million words; the 14,928th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is hitter?
Hitter appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hitter?
- UK /ˈhɪtə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈhɪtɚ/
- US [ˈhɪɾɚ]
Hitter has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-hitter.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with hitter?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as hitter from its last stressed vowel (/ɪtəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of hitter
- hitters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hitter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who or that which hits.
The boxer was renowned as a hard hitter.
- 2
slangAn assassin for hire; a hitman.
- 3
One who comes up to bat.
- 4
A game with a team making a specified number of hits.
- 5
The point of 31 in the game of costly colours.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does hitter come from?
From hit + -er (agent noun suffix) or -er (measurement suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).