Which to use
“sitter” is a noun and “Sutter” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,739
- “sitter” frequency rank
- #37,087
- “Sutter” frequency rank
- 68826
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sitter | Sutter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Modèle, sujet, personne posant pour un portrait. | Nom de famille. |
Letter map: sitter vs Sutter
Shared letters muted; letters that set sitter and Sutter apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for sitter / Sutter
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sitter is anoun and Sutteraname. On the page they differ by a single letter - i in “sitter” becomes u in “Sutter”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68826, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sitter is recorded at frequency rank #31,739, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈsɪ.tə\. Sutter is at rank #37,087, tagged as aname.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 68826, this pair ranks #57,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sitter vs Sutter
Shared letters: erst. Private to "sitter": i. Private to "Sutter": u.
"sitter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "Sutter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sitter" for "Sutter" ever safe?
Frequency check: "sitter" vs "Sutter" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sitter" and "Sutter".
- Full dictionary entry for "sitter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Sutter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sitter" and "Sutter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sisters vs sitter". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #57,532 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.