harvester

Name: harvester, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“harvester” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,098. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,098
frequency rank, English: 2,646
“H” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who gathers the harvest (harvests the crop).

Corpus desk

Index EN-harvester · harvester · English

harvester · rank #34,098 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #34,098
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-MID 2,646
PHOTO-FINISH Hattie

Nearest frequency peer: Hattie (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

hams

65,907
hander

65,905
harvester

65,903
Hattie

65,902
heaped

65,901
heartburn

65,900

What this shows “harvester” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

harvester vs harvest

78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for harvester
Property	Value
Headword	harvester
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#34,098
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “harvester”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).harvesterlands here:

#34,098

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “Hattie” (#34,099), “hander” (#34,096), “heaped” (#34,100). Among 2,646 “H” headwords, “harvester” is #34,098. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around harvester, anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,098 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for harvester, with forms such as "ahrvester", "harevster", and "harrvester". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "harvest", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From harvest + -er. The correct English form is harvester, spelled H-A-R-V-E-S-T-E-R.

Definition

1
A person who gathers the harvest (harvests the crop).
2
A machine that gathers the harvest (harvests the crop).
3
A type of heavy forestry vehicle employed in cut-to-length logging for felling, delimbing and bucking trees; an instance of this type.
4
A program or algorithm that gathers data from a source.
5
A North American butterfly species, Feniseca tarquinius, whose larvae eat aphids and are the only entirely carnivorous caterpillars in North America; an individual of this species.
6
Any butterfly of the lycaenid subfamily Miletinae to which this belongs, which are all carnivores.
7
A finnock (a young sea trout).

Etymology

From harvest + -er.

This word in other languages

cosechador(Español)moissonneur(Français)Erntehelfer(Deutsch)ceifeira(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ahrvester
harevster
harrvester
harvesetr
harvesster
harvesterr
harvestre
harvestter
harvetser
harvseter
harvvester
havrester
hharvester
hravester

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of harvester - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "harvester"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "harvester"?

"harvester" is spelled H-A-R-V-E-S-T-E-R.

What does "harvester" mean?

As a noun, "harvester" means: A person who gathers the harvest (harvests the crop).

What words are commonly confused with "harvester"?

"harvester" is commonly confused with "harvest". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What is the origin of the word "harvester"?

From harvest + -er. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "harvester", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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