Scatter is different from the other two: it only refers to solid objects. People can scatter, if a large crowd disperses quickly and the individuals immediately rush to different places in a haphazard manner. Objects can be scattered around a house, if you find them in random places in various different rooms. You scatter seeds to sow plants. Spatter and splatter are similar to each other, as they both refer to liquid or semi-liquid substances. They aren't really interchangable, but the difference between them is quite subtle. Here's my interpretation: 'Spatter' has a lighter feel. I'd tend to use it, for example, when lots of tiny drops of oil shoot out of the frying pan. It's also used to refer to tiny little blood stains sprayed on a wall, ready for the detectives to find. When we visualise 'spatter', we see lots of small drops, often in a random spray pattern. 'Splatter' has a heavier feel. If something goes 'Splat!' you will hear it hit the ground. Imagine what happens when you spill a pan of thick porridge. When we visualise 'splatter', we'd see larger drops, looking like this:https://www.iconfinder.com/icons/1021039/splatter_icon.

Hello Zhuravleva! Maybe interchangeable depending on your sentence. "Splatter" can be noun or verb, used when you are referring to liquid that may have cause some spots on the ground or wall. Splatter are bigger splash of water/thick liquid than spatter. Example: "There's a lot of splatter of paint in that corner, kindly cover it up!" ** "Spatter" refers to small drops or splash or water/liquid. -can be noun or verb Example: "Every time it rains, spatters is obvious on this side of the window." ** "Scatter" has a very different meaning/use in a sentence. EX: "Do not scatter those trash on the ground." "Do not throw and scatter my belongings outside the dormitory when you're angry."

I would rarely use splatter and spatter as verbs. The screen to use while frying can be known as both a “spatter screen” or a “splatter screen”, with Amazon preferring “splatter”. “Spatter” sounds slightly more accurate to me for that case, but maybe more old-fashioned too.

Splatter and spatter are more or less interchangeable with each other but scatter isn’t. For example, “scatter the seed on the ground”. You can’t splatter it or spatter it in that context.

Splatter and spatter are more or less interchangeable with each other but scatter isn’t. For example, “scatter the seed on the ground”. You can’t splatter it or spatter it in that context.