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kelter

kelt·er/ˈkɛltɚ/obsolete

kelter is a noun meaning “Archaic form of kilter (“(good) condition, form, or order; fettle”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled K-E-L-T-E-R and has 2 syllables (kelt·er), and it appears about once in every 87 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does kelter mean?

noun

  1. 1

    UKUSarchaicArchaic form of kilter (“(good) condition, form, or order; fettle”).

  2. 2

    obsoleteslangMoney.

  3. 3

    UKobsoleteRubbish; trifle; hodgepodge.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce kelter?

  • UK /ˈkɛltə/
  • US /ˈkɛltɚ/

Kelter has 2 syllables, split kelt·er in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is kelter?

Kelter appears about once in every 87 million words in written English, the 297,763rd 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).

Where does kelter come from?

See kilter.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).