# broadcaster

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɹɔdˌkæstɚ/ · frequency rank #12,379

## Definitions
1. A machine used to broadcast or spread seeds, fertilizer, etc.
2. A person who sows seeds by scattering; also, one who promotes sowing seeds in this manner instead of by drilling (“making holes in the soil and placing seeds in them”).
3. A piece of equipment used to transmit audio and/or video content, or messages, to be received by radios or televisions, over the internet, etc.
4. An organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting.
5. A person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts; specifically, one who presents radio or television programmes (especially documentaries or news programmes); a presenter.
6. A piece of equipment used to transmit data over a computer network.

## Etymology
From broadcast (“to transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

## Easily confused with
- **broadcast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broadcast-vs-broadcaster)

## Common misspellings (17)
`bbroadcaster`, `boradcaster`, `braodcaster`, `broacdaster`, `broadacster`, `broadcasetr`, `broadcasster`, `broadcasterr`, `broadcastre`, `broadcastter`, `broadcatser`, `broadccaster`, `broadcsater`, `broaddcaster`, `brodacaster`, `brroadcaster`, `rboadcaster`

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