remitter
/ɹɪˈmɪtə(ɹ)/
"remitter" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“remitter” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who remits, or makes remittance.
Corpus desk
Index EN-remitter · remitter · English
remitter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | remitter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹɪˈmɪtə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “remitter” in English
Rare enough to double-check
remitter is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɹɪˈmɪtə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
remitter doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From remit + -er (agent noun suffix), or in the legal sense + -er (action noun suffix). The correct English form is remitter, spelled R-E-M-I-T-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who remits, or makes remittance.
- 2One who pardons.
- 3The sending or placing back of a person to a title or right formerly held; the restitution of one who obtains possession of property under a defective title, to his rights under some valid title by virtue of which he might legally have entered into possession only by suit
Etymology
From remit + -er (agent noun suffix), or in the legal sense + -er (action noun suffix).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.