# archer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɑː(ɹ).t͡ʃə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #9,437

## Definitions
1. One who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow.
2. The bishop in chess.

## Etymology
from Middle English archer, archere, from Old French archier, from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius, from Latin arcus (“bow”). Displaced native Old English sċytta.

## Easily confused with
- **Asher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/archer-vs-asher)
- **Arthur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/archer-vs-arthur)
- **Archie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/archer-vs-archie)
- **arches** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/archer-vs-arches)
- **archery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/archer-vs-archery)
- **arch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arch-vs-archer)
- **ache** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ache-vs-archer)
- **acer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/acer-vs-archer)
- **aches** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aches-vs-archer)
- **anchor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anchor-vs-archer)
- **arched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arched-vs-archer)
- **aether** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aether-vs-archer)
- **Aachen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aachen-vs-archer)

## Common misspellings (9)
`acrher`, `arccher`, `arcehr`, `archerr`, `archher`, `archre`, `arhcer`, `arrcher`, `racher`

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