# pitcher vs poacher

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### pitcher
*noun · IPA /ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ɚ/ · frequency rank #9,792*
One who pitches (in any sense) anything

### poacher
*noun · IPA /ˈpoʊ.t͡ʃɚ/ · frequency rank #48,417*
A person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches; a person who illegally takes animals or plants from the wild.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitcher-vs-poacher