# farmer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/ · frequency rank #5,596

## Definitions
1. Someone or something that farms, as:
2. Someone or something that farms, as:
3. One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent.
4. The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.
5. A regular person; someone who did not receive a prestigious scholarship.
6. A baby farmer (operator of a rural orphanage).

## Etymology
From Middle English fermour (“a steward, bailliff, collector of taxes”), from Old French fermier (“a farmer, a lessee, husbandman, bailliff”), from Medieval Latin firmarius (“one to whom land is rented, a collector of taxes, deputy”), from firma; equivalent to farm + -er. Compare Old English feormere (“a purveyor of a guild, a supplier of food, a grocer, farmer”). More at farm.

## Easily confused with
- **Farr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farmer-vs-farr)
- **farms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farmer-vs-farms)
- **freer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farmer-vs-freer)
- **fryer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farmer-vs-fryer)
- **Faroe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farmer-vs-faroe)
- **former** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farmer-vs-former)
- **father** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farmer-vs-father)
- **formed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farmer-vs-formed)
- **faster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farmer-vs-faster)
- **fatter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farmer-vs-fatter)
- **firmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farmer-vs-firmer)
- **Farrar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farmer-vs-farrar)
- **farmers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farmer-vs-farmers)
- **farther** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farmer-vs-farther)
- **farm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farm-vs-farmer)
- **fame** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fame-vs-farmer)
- **fare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fare-vs-farmer)
- **fares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fares-vs-farmer)
- **famed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/famed-vs-farmer)
- **farce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/farce-vs-farmer)

## Common misspellings (9)
`afrmer`, `famrer`, `faremr`, `farmerr`, `farmmer`, `farmre`, `farrmer`, `ffarmer`, `framer`

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