# gather

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɡæðə/ · frequency rank #4,762

## Definitions
1. To collect normally separate things.
2. To collect normally separate things.
3. To collect normally separate things.
4. To collect normally separate things.
5. To collect normally separate things.
6. To bring parts of a whole closer.
7. To bring parts of a whole closer.
8. To bring parts of a whole closer.
9. To bring parts of a whole closer.
10. To bring parts of a whole closer.
11. To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.
12. To be filled with pus
13. To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.
14. To gain; to win.

## Etymology
From Middle English gaderen, from Old English gaderian (“to gather, assemble”), from Proto-West Germanic *gadurōn (“to bring together, unite, gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, assemble, keep”).

## Easily confused with
- **gator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gather-vs-gator)
- **gutter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gather-vs-gutter)
- **gawker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gather-vs-gawker)
- **gopher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gather-vs-gopher)
- **getter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gather-vs-getter)
- **Gunther** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gather-vs-gunther)
- **gathered** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gather-vs-gathered)
- **gatherer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gather-vs-gatherer)
- **gates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gates-vs-gather)
- **gamer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gamer-vs-gather)
- **gated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gated-vs-gather)
- **garner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garner-vs-gather)
- **garter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garter-vs-gather)
- **gander** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gander-vs-gather)
- **gaffer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaffer-vs-gather)

## Common misspellings (9)
`agther`, `gahter`, `gatehr`, `gatherr`, `gathher`, `gathre`, `gatther`, `ggather`, `gtaher`

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