# putter

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpʌtə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #32,547

## Definitions
1. To be active, but not excessively busy, at a task or a series of tasks.

## Etymology
Alteration of potter.

## Easily confused with
- **putty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/putter-vs-putty)
- **putt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/putt-vs-putter)
- **Peter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peter-vs-putter)
- **poster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poster-vs-putter)
- **potter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/potter-vs-putter)
- **porter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/porter-vs-putter)
- **pitted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitted-vs-putter)
- **punter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/punter-vs-putter)
- **potted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/potted-vs-putter)
- **pusher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pusher-vs-putter)
- **patten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patten-vs-putter)
- **patted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patted-vs-putter)
- **pewter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pewter-vs-putter)
- **patter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patter-vs-putter)
- **Putney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/putney-vs-putter)
- **puffer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puffer-vs-putter)
- **pinter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinter-vs-putter)
- **puller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puller-vs-putter)
- **pester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pester-vs-putter)
- **pattern** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pattern-vs-putter)

## Common misspellings (7)
`pputter`, `ptuter`, `puter`, `putetr`, `putterr`, `puttre`, `uptter`

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