splitter
/ˈsplɪtɚ/noun
splitter is spelled S-P-L-I-T-T-E-R: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, splitter means “A person or a thing that splits” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of splitter is splitters.
How many letters and syllables are in splitter?
| Letters | 8: S-P-L-I-T-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,636th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is splitter?
Splitter appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th 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 splitter?
- UK /ˈsplɪtə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈsplɪtɚ/
- US [ˈsplɪɾɚ]
Splitter 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-splitter.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with splitter?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as splitter from its last stressed vowel (/ɪtəɹ/):
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 splitter
- splitters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does splitter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person or a thing that splits.
- 2
A wedge used to cut logs down the middle.
- 3
A quarry worker who splits slate into sheets.
- 4
colloquialA scientist in one of various fields who prefers to split categories such as species or dialects up into smaller groups.
- 5
A split-finger fastball.
- 6
A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.
- 7
USA wheaten cake split and buttered when hot.
- 8
One who splits hairs in argument, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Splitter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effecti:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | adaptador divisor |
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 splitter come from?
From split + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).