# smelter

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #35,083

## Definitions
1. A person employed to do smelting.
2. A machine used to smelt metal.
3. A place where smelting is done.

## Etymology
From smelt + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **sweater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smelter-vs-sweater)
- **specter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smelter-vs-specter)
- **smelt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smelt-vs-smelter)
- **seller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seller-vs-smelter)
- **seater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seater-vs-smelter)
- **setter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/setter-vs-smelter)
- **salter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salter-vs-smelter)
- **smaller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smaller-vs-smelter)
- **shelter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelter-vs-smelter)
- **smarter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smarter-vs-smelter)
- **smelled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smelled-vs-smelter)
- **scepter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scepter-vs-smelter)
- **seltzer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seltzer-vs-smelter)
- **semester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/semester-vs-smelter)

## Common misspellings (11)
`mselter`, `semlter`, `smeletr`, `smellter`, `smelterr`, `smeltre`, `smeltter`, `smetler`, `smleter`, `smmelter`, `ssmelter`

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