# dispatcher

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɪs.pætʃ.ə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #26,062

## Definitions
1. Agent noun of dispatch; one who dispatches.
2. In a transportation organization, a person who controls the movements of vehicles.
3. A piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled.
4. Any die used for cheating, whether fraudulently weighted or bearing duplicate numbers.

## Etymology
From dispatch + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **dispatch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dispatch-vs-dispatcher)
- **despatched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/despatched-vs-dispatcher)
- **despatches** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/despatches-vs-dispatcher)

## Common misspellings (16)
`ddispatcher`, `dipsatcher`, `disaptcher`, `dispacther`, `dispatccher`, `dispatcehr`, `dispatcherr`, `dispatchher`, `dispatchre`, `dispathcer`, `dispattcher`, `disppatcher`, `disptacher`, `disspatcher`, `dsipatcher`, `idspatcher`

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