# potter

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɒtə/ · frequency rank #5,999

## Definitions
1. One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.
2. One who places flowers or other plants inside their pots.
3. One who pots meats or other eatables.
4. One who hawks crockery or earthenware.
5. The red-bellied terrapin, Pseudemys rubriventris (species of turtle).
6. The chicken turtle, Deirochelys reticularia.

## Etymology
From Middle English pottere, from Old English pottere (“potter”, in placenames), from Proto-West Germanic *pottārī (“pot-maker”), equivalent to pot + -er. Influenced by Anglo-Norman poter, Old French potier (“potter”). Cognate with Dutch potter (“potter”), German Low German Pötter, Pütter (“potter”). Displaced Old English synonyms lāmwyrhta (“a worker in clay, potter”, literally “loam-worker”), tiġelwyrhta (“brickmaker, potter”, literally “tile-worker”), crocwyrhta (“crocker, potter”, literally “crock-worker”).

## Easily confused with
- **power** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/potter-vs-power)
- **potty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/potter-vs-potty)
- **powder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/potter-vs-powder)
- **punter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/potter-vs-punter)
- **putter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/potter-vs-putter)
- **pottery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/potter-vs-pottery)
- **potters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/potter-vs-potters)
- **Peter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peter-vs-potter)
- **poker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poker-vs-potter)
- **Porte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porte-vs-potter)
- **Ponte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ponte-vs-potter)
- **poser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poser-vs-potter)
- **posted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posted-vs-potter)
- **poster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poster-vs-potter)
- **porter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porter-vs-potter)
- **ponder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ponder-vs-potter)
- **pitted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitted-vs-potter)
- **ported** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ported-vs-potter)
- **popper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/popper-vs-potter)
- **potted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/potted-vs-potter)

## Common misspellings (7)
`optter`, `poter`, `potetr`, `potterr`, `pottre`, `ppotter`, `ptoter`

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