# transmitter

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #13,259

## Definitions
1. One who or that which transmits something (in all senses).
2. An electronic device that generates and amplifies a carrier wave, modulates it with a meaningful signal derived from speech, music, TV or other sources, and broadcasts the resulting signal from an antenna.

## Etymology
From transmit + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **transmitted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/transmitted-vs-transmitter)

## Common misspellings (16)
`rtansmitter`, `tarnsmitter`, `tranmsitter`, `trannsmitter`, `transimtter`, `transmiter`, `transmitetr`, `transmitterr`, `transmittre`, `transmmitter`, `transmtiter`, `transsmitter`, `trasnmitter`, `trnasmitter`, `trransmitter`, `ttransmitter`

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