sitter

/\ˈsɪ.tə\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,739

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

sitter is aFrenchnoun. It means: Modèle, sujet, personne posant pour un portrait. Pronounced \ˈsɪ.tə\. Often confused with situé and sotte.

Key facts for sitter
PropertyValue
Headwordsitter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈsɪ.tə\
Letters6
Frequency rank#31,739
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sitter in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for sitter is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈsɪ.tə\. Corpus data places it at rank #31,739 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for sitter, with forms such as "istter", "siter", and "sitetr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "situé", "sotte", "sixte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is sitter, spelled S-I-T-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Modèle, sujet, personne posant pour un portrait.
  2. 2
    Personne qui s’occupe d’une personne malade ou des biens, des enfants, des animaux de compagnie d’une personne absente.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: istter,siter,sitetr,sitterr,sittre,ssitter,stiter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sitter

Misspelling Variants of "sitter"

istter6siter5sitetr6sitterr7sittre6ssitter7stiter6
Misspelling Variants of "sitter"

Frequency rank: #31,739 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sitter"?
"sitter" is spelled S-I-T-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈsɪ.tə\.
What does "sitter" mean?
As a noun, "sitter" means: Modèle, sujet, personne posant pour un portrait.
What words are commonly confused with "sitter"?
"sitter" is commonly confused with "situé", "sotte", "sixte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sitter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sitter" is \ˈsɪ.tə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sitter" come from?
"sitter" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.