# hawker

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhɔːkə/ · frequency rank #36,171

## Definitions
1. A peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods.
2. Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a darner.
3. A seller of food in a hawker centre.

## Etymology
Probably Borrowed from Low German or Dutch, from Middle Low German hoker and ultimately from the root of huckster.

## Easily confused with
- **hiker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawker-vs-hiker)
- **hooker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawker-vs-hooker)
- **Hawley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawker-vs-hawley)
- **hawk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawk-vs-hawker)
- **hater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hater-vs-hawker)
- **Hawes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hawes-vs-hawker)
- **Hamer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamer-vs-hawker)
- **Haber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haber-vs-hawker)
- **harder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harder-vs-hawker)
- **hammer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hammer-vs-hawker)
- **harper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harper-vs-hawker)
- **hacked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hacked-vs-hawker)
- **hacker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hacker-vs-hawker)
- **hamper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamper-vs-hawker)
- **hanger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanger-vs-hawker)
- **Hauser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hauser-vs-hawker)
- **hander** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hander-vs-hawker)
- **halter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/halter-vs-hawker)
- **hatter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hatter-vs-hawker)
- **Haller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haller-vs-hawker)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ahwker`, `hakwer`, `hawekr`, `hawkerr`, `hawkker`, `hawkre`, `hawwker`, `hhawker`, `hwaker`

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