# Sumter

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈsʌmtɚ/ · frequency rank #38,638

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. Thomas Sumter, hero of the American Revolution
3. A city, the county seat of Sumter County, South Carolina, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Valley County, Nebraska, United States.

## Easily confused with
- **super** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sumter-vs-super)
- **supper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sumter-vs-supper)
- **surfer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sumter-vs-surfer)
- **Sutter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sumter-vs-sutter)
- **suite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suite-vs-sumter)
- **summer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/summer-vs-sumter)
- **sister** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sister-vs-sumter)
- **suffer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suffer-vs-sumter)
- **suited** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suited-vs-sumter)
- **sucker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sucker-vs-sumter)
- **slater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slater-vs-sumter)
- **skater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skater-vs-sumter)
- **simmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/simmer-vs-sumter)
- **Sumner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sumner-vs-sumter)
- **sitter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sitter-vs-sumter)
- **seater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seater-vs-sumter)
- **somber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/somber-vs-sumter)
- **setter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/setter-vs-sumter)
- **suitor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suitor-vs-sumter)
- **salter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salter-vs-sumter)

## Common misspellings (9)
`smuter`, `ssumter`, `sumetr`, `summter`, `sumterr`, `sumtre`, `sumtter`, `sutmer`, `usmter`

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