# checker

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtʃɛkə/ · frequency rank #26,037

## Definitions
1. One who or that which checks or verifies something.
2. One who makes a check mark.
3. The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and accepts payment.
4. One who hinders or stops something.

## Etymology
From check + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **cheer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checker-vs-cheer)
- **checks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checker-vs-checks)
- **cocker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checker-vs-cocker)
- **choker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checker-vs-choker)
- **chicken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checker-vs-chicken)
- **Chester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checker-vs-chester)
- **cracker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checker-vs-cracker)
- **crocker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checker-vs-crocker)
- **checkup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checker-vs-checkup)
- **chucked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checker-vs-chucked)
- **clicker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checker-vs-clicker)
- **checkered** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checker-vs-checkered)
- **check** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/check-vs-checker)
- **checked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checked-vs-checker)
- **cheaper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheaper-vs-checker)
- **cheater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheater-vs-checker)
- **Chechen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chechen-vs-checker)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cchecker`, `cehcker`, `chceker`, `checcker`, `checekr`, `checkerr`, `checkker`, `checkre`, `chekcer`, `chhecker`, `hcecker`

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