# sitter

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɪtə/ · frequency rank #23,100

## Definitions
1. Someone who sits, e.g. for a portrait.
2. One employed to watch or tend something; a babysitter, housesitter, petsitter, etc.
3. A sitting room.
4. A participant in a séance.
5. A broody hen.
6. A very easy scoring chance.
7. Someone who accompanies a person who is taking a psychedelic drug, to provide reassurance in case of a bad trip.

## Etymology
From Middle English sitter, sittere, syttare, equivalent to sit + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **steer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitter-vs-steer)
- **slater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitter-vs-slater)
- **skater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitter-vs-skater)
- **Sutter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitter-vs-sutter)
- **Sumter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitter-vs-sumter)
- **smitten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitter-vs-smitten)
- **stutter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitter-vs-stutter)
- **spotter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitter-vs-spotter)
- **spitzer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitter-vs-spitzer)
- **sitters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitter-vs-sitters)
- **splitter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitter-vs-splitter)
- **site** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/site-vs-sitter)
- **sites** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sites-vs-sitter)
- **sister** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sister-vs-sitter)
- **silver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/silver-vs-sitter)
- **singer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singer-vs-sitter)
- **sinner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinner-vs-sitter)
- **simmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/simmer-vs-sitter)
- **seater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seater-vs-sitter)
- **setter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/setter-vs-sitter)

## Common misspellings (7)
`istter`, `siter`, `sitetr`, `sitterr`, `sittre`, `ssitter`, `stiter`

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