# suitor

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsutɚ/ · frequency rank #29,852

## Definitions
1. One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love with or courts someone.
2. A person or organization that expresses an interest in working with, or taking over, another.
3. A party to a suit or litigation.
4. One who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; a petitioner.

## Etymology
From Middle English sutour, from Anglo-Norman suytour, seuter, from Late Latin secutor (“follower, pursuer”).

## Easily confused with
- **suits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suitor-vs-suits)
- **Sutton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suitor-vs-sutton)
- **Sutter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suitor-vs-sutter)
- **Sumter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suitor-vs-sumter)
- **suit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suit-vs-suitor)
- **suite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suite-vs-suitor)
- **Saito** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saito-vs-suitor)
- **sector** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sector-vs-suitor)
- **suited** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suited-vs-suitor)
- **sailor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sailor-vs-suitor)
- **stator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stator-vs-suitor)

## Common misspellings (8)
`siutor`, `ssuitor`, `suiotr`, `suitorr`, `suitro`, `suittor`, `sutior`, `usitor`

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