# splitter

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsplɪtə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #33,856

## Definitions
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. A 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. A wheaten cake split and buttered when hot.
8. One who splits hairs in argument, etc.
9. A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effectively converting the electrical outlet into two; socket converter.
10. A line segment through one of the vertices of a triangle that bisects the perimeter of the triangle.

## Etymology
From split + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **spotter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/splitter-vs-spotter)
- **sprinter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/splitter-vs-sprinter)
- **sitter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitter-vs-splitter)
- **spitzer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spitzer-vs-splitter)
- **splinter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/splinter-vs-splitter)
- **splatter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/splatter-vs-splitter)

## Common misspellings (11)
`pslitter`, `slpitter`, `spiltter`, `spliter`, `splitetr`, `splitterr`, `splittre`, `spllitter`, `spltiter`, `spplitter`, `ssplitter`

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