splatter
/ˈsplætɚ/noun, verb
splatter is spelled S-P-L-A-T-T-E-R: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,416th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “spatter vs splatter” about 1,900 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, splatter means “An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of splatter is splatters.
How many letters and syllables are in splatter?
| Letters | 8: S-P-L-A-T-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 38,416th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is splatter?
Splatter appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,416th 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 splatter?
- US /ˈsplætɚ/
Splatter has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-splatter.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with splatter
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with splatter?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as splatter 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 splatter
- splatters plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- splattering participle, present
- splattered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does splatter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact.
He had a hard time cleaning up the paint splatters on the carpet.
- 2
A genre of gory horror.
splatter film; splatter movie
- 3
Spurious emissions resulting from an abrupt change in a transmitted radio signal.
verb
- 1
To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.
The drink splattered all over me, the table, and the floor when I knocked it over.
- 2
To cause (something) to splatter.
He splattered paint onto the wall.
- 3
To spatter (something or somebody).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Splatter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | éclaboussure , éclabousser |
| Spanish | mancha , estrellarse , estrellar , salpicar |
| Portuguese | espalhar |
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.
Where does splatter come from?
Uncertain. Emerged 1780s.https://www.etymonline.com/word/splatter Possibly a blend of splash + spatter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).