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utters

ut·ters/ˈʌtəɹz/noun, verb

utters is spelled U-T-T-E-R-S: 6 letters and 2 syllables (ut·ters). It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 53,573rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, utters means “Unwanted depressions or other marks on the surface of an object caused when a tool is pressed too hard or vibrates against the surface” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in utters?

Letters6: U-T-T-E-R-S
Syllables2: ut·ters
In writingabout once in every 3 million words; the 53,573rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 utters?

Utters appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 53,573rd 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 utters?

  • UK /ˈʌtəz/
  • US /ˈʌtəɹz/
  • US [-ɾəɹz]

Utters has 2 syllables, split ut·ters in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What rhymes with utters?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as utters from its last stressed vowel (/ʌtəɹz/):

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).

What does utters mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    Unwanted depressions or other marks on the surface of an object caused when a tool is pressed too hard or vibrates against the surface.

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular simple present indicative of utter (a form of utter)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does utters come from?

From utter + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, and third-person singular simple present indicative forms of verbs). The noun is imitative of the sound of a tool repeatedly striking the surface of an object.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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