fisher
/ˈfɪʃɚ/noun
fisher is spelled F-I-S-H-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 6,884th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fisher means “A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fisher is fishers.
How many letters and syllables are in fisher?
| Letters | 6: F-I-S-H-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 10 times per million words; the 6,884th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is fisher?
Fisher appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 6,884th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce fisher?
- UK /ˈfɪʃə/
- US /ˈfɪʃɚ/
Fisher has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-fisher.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with fisher
Sounds like: fissure (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with fisher?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as fisher from its last stressed vowel (/ɪʃəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of fisher
- fishers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fisher mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.
- 2
A North American marten-like mammal (Pekania pennanti), that has thick brown fur.
- 3
Fur of specimens of species Pekania pennanti.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fisher in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pêcheur, pêcheuse, bateau de pêche, bateau-pêcheur , pékan |
| German | Fischer, Fischerin , Fischermarder |
| Portuguese | pescador |
| Spanish | pescador, pishiñero |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fisher come from?
From Middle English fischer, fischare, from Old English fisċere (“fisher”), from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz (“fisher”), equivalent to fish + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fisker (“fisher”), West Frisian fisker (“fisher”), Dutch visser (“fisher”), German Low German Fisker, Fisser (“fisher”), German Fischer (“fisher”), Danish fisker (“fisher”), Swedish fiskare (“fisher”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).