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smatter

smat·ter/ˈsmætəɹ/verb, noun

smatter is spelled S-M-A-T-T-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables (smat·ter). It appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, smatter means “To hit (someone or something) with a liquid; to splash, to spatter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in smatter?

Letters7: S-M-A-T-T-E-R
Syllables2: smat·ter
In writingabout once in every 68 million words; the 258,950th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is smatter?

Smatter appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce smatter?

  • UK /ˈsmætə/
  • US /ˈsmætəɹ/
  • US [-ɾəɹ]

Smatter has 2 syllables, split smat·ter in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-smatter.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-smatter.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with smatter?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as smatter from its last stressed vowel (/ætəɹ/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of smatter

  • smatters present, singular, he/she/it, plural
  • smattering participle, present
  • smattered participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does smatter mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

  1. 1

    obsoleteTo make (someone or something) dirty; to bespatter, to soil.

  2. 2

    USTo hit (someone or something) with a liquid; to splash, to spatter.

  3. 3

    To approach or study (something, such as a subject) superficially; to dabble in.

  4. 4

    To speak (a language or words) with only a superficial knowledge of it.

  5. 5

    USTo hit with a liquid; to splash, to spatter.

  6. 6

    To have a slight, superficial knowledge of something; to dabble.

  7. 7

    obsoleteTo talk ignorantly or superficially; to babble, to chatter.

noun

  1. 1

    A shallow or superficial knowledge of a subject.

  2. 2

    A small amount or number of something.

    a smatter of applause

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Smatter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Germandilettieren, versuchen (an etwas) ((transitive) to approach or study (something)…), radebrechen, gebrochen sprechen ((transitive) to speak (a language or words)…)
Frenchbaragouiner ((transitive) to speak (a language or words)…)
Portuguesearranhar ((transitive) to speak (a language or words)…)
Spanishchapurrar, chapurrear ((transitive) to speak (a language or words)…)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

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