# cheater

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈt͡ʃiːtɚ/ · frequency rank #21,467

## Definitions
1. Someone who cheats; something that cheats.
2. Someone who cheats; something that cheats.
3. Something that a person uses while cheating (i.e., either literally or figuratively cheating).
4. Something that a person uses while cheating (i.e., either literally or figuratively cheating).

## Etymology
From cheat + -er. The sense referring to welding hood lenses was inspired by cheaters (plural) as a pair of reading glasses.

## Easily confused with
- **cheer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheater-vs-cheer)
- **create** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheater-vs-create)
- **crater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheater-vs-crater)
- **cheats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheater-vs-cheats)
- **created** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheater-vs-created)
- **creator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheater-vs-creator)
- **cleaner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheater-vs-cleaner)
- **Chester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheater-vs-chester)
- **clearer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheater-vs-clearer)
- **checker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheater-vs-checker)
- **cleaver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheater-vs-cleaver)
- **chested** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheater-vs-chested)
- **creamer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheater-vs-creamer)
- **cheaters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheater-vs-cheaters)
- **cheat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheat-vs-cheater)
- **cater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cater-vs-cheater)
- **center** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/center-vs-cheater)
- **chaser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaser-vs-cheater)
- **chapter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chapter-vs-cheater)
- **charter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charter-vs-cheater)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ccheater`, `cehater`, `chaeter`, `cheaetr`, `cheaterr`, `cheatre`, `cheatter`, `chetaer`, `chheater`, `hceater`

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