# fighter

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfaɪ.tə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #4,158

## Definitions
1. A person who fights; a combatant.
2. A warrior; a fighting soldier.
3. A pugnacious, competitive person.
4. A person with a strong determination to resist protracted or severe adversity, especially illness.
5. A class of fixed-wing aircraft whose primary purpose is to shoot down other aircraft, sometimes accompanied by a secondary purpose of attacking ground targets.
6. A class of fixed-wing aircraft whose primary purpose is to shoot down other aircraft, sometimes accompanied by a secondary purpose of attacking ground targets.
7. A participant in boxing or any martial art.
8. A firefighter.
9. A game with a focus on physical combat.

## Etymology
From Middle English fightere, fyghtor, feghtere, feghtare, fiȝtare, fiȝtere, from Old English feohtere. Equivalent to fight + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **filter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fighter-vs-filter)
- **fights** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fighter-vs-fights)
- **fisher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fighter-vs-fisher)
- **fitter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fighter-vs-fitter)
- **frighten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fighter-vs-frighten)
- **freighter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fighter-vs-freighter)
- **fight** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fight-vs-fighter)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ffighter`, `fgihter`, `figghter`, `fighetr`, `fighhter`, `fighterr`, `fightre`, `fightter`, `figther`, `fihgter`, `ifghter`

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