pitter
"pitter" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pitter” is uncommon English (frequency #78,025 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,025
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A device that removes pits from fruit such as olives or cherries.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pitter · pitter · English
pitter · rank #78,025 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,025
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 46,516
- PHOTO-FINISH pinnate
Nearest frequency peer: pinnate (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “pitter”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pilaf
pilaf
21,979 corpus weight
- pils
pils
21,978 corpus weight
- pinnate
pinnate
21,977 corpus weight
- pitter
pitter
21,976 corpus weight
- platitude
platitude
21,975 corpus weight
- pliant
pliant
21,974 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pitter” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pitter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #78,025 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pitter” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pitter is uncommon English at frequency #78,025 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A device that removes pits from fruit such as olives or cherries.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for pitter in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pit + -er. The correct English form is pitter, spelled P-I-T-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A device that removes pits from fruit such as olives or cherries.
Etymology
From pit + -er.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.