# hatcher

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #38,880

## Definitions
1. One who hatches, such as a chicken farmer.
2. Something that hatches, such as a bird or the egg from which it hatches.

## Etymology
From hatch + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **hater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hatcher-vs-hater)
- **hither** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hatcher-vs-hither)
- **hatter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hatcher-vs-hatter)
- **heather** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hatcher-vs-heather)
- **hatchet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hatcher-vs-hatchet)
- **hitched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hatcher-vs-hitched)
- **hatchery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hatcher-vs-hatchery)
- **hatch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hatch-vs-hatcher)
- **hacker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hacker-vs-hatcher)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ahtcher`, `hacther`, `hatccher`, `hatcehr`, `hatcherr`, `hatchher`, `hatchre`, `hathcer`, `hattcher`, `hhatcher`, `htacher`

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