# fisher

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfɪʃə/ · frequency rank #6,905

## Definitions
1. A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.

## Etymology
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”).

## Easily confused with
- **fishy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisher-vs-fishy)
- **fixer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisher-vs-fixer)
- **fiver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisher-vs-fiver)
- **foster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisher-vs-foster)
- **fishes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisher-vs-fishes)
- **fitter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisher-vs-fitter)
- **fisted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisher-vs-fisted)
- **fishery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisher-vs-fishery)
- **fresher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisher-vs-fresher)
- **fissure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fisher-vs-fissure)
- **fish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fish-vs-fisher)
- **fiber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiber-vs-fisher)
- **finer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finer-vs-fisher)
- **father** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/father-vs-fisher)
- **faster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faster-vs-fisher)
- **finger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finger-vs-fisher)
- **filter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filter-vs-fisher)
- **filler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filler-vs-fisher)
- **finder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finder-vs-fisher)
- **fished** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fished-vs-fisher)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ffisher`, `fihser`, `fisehr`, `fisherr`, `fishher`, `fishre`, `fissher`, `fsiher`, `ifsher`

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