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distractor

distractor is the alternative spelling of distracter.

Meaning of distracter

Noun

distracter (plural distracters)

  1. That which distracts, or serves as a distraction.
  2. Any of the incorrect answers in a multiple-choice question, serving to distract from the correct answer.

Forms of distractor

pluraldistractors

Origin of distractor

From distract + -or.

Questions about distractor

What is distractor the alternative spelling of?
Distractor is the alternative spelling of distracter.

Words near distractor in the dictionary

  1. distractionists
  2. distractions
  3. distractious
  4. distractive
  5. distractively
  6. distractor
  7. distractors
  8. distracts
  9. distrail
  10. distrails
  11. distrain

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Adapted from Wiktionary: distractor (page history and authors); distracter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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