nutter
/ˈnʌtə/noun
nutter is spelled N-U-T-T-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nutter means “A person who gathers nuts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nutter is nutters.
How many letters and syllables are in nutter?
| Letters | 6: N-U-T-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,998th 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 nutter?
Nutter appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th 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 nutter?
- UK /ˈnʌtə/
- /ˈnʌtər/
Nutter 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)-Vealhurl-nutter.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with nutter?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as nutter from its last stressed vowel (/ʌtə/, British pronunciation):
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 nutter
- nutters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nutter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who gathers nuts.
- 2
IrelandUKderogatoryinformalAn eccentric, insane, crazy or reckless person.
- 3
obsoletenut butter
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does nutter come from?
From Middle English nutter, notere, equivalent to nut + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).