# healer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhiːlə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #19,103

## Definitions
1. One who heals, especially through faith.
2. Anything that heals; a medicine that heals some wound, injury, ailment, or disease.

## Etymology
From Middle English helere, the agent noun of heal; analysed as heal + -er. Cognate with Dutch heler (“healer”), German Heiler (“healer”), Icelandic heilari (“healer”).

## Easily confused with
- **hear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healer-vs-hear)
- **Helen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healer-vs-helen)
- **heals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healer-vs-heals)
- **Healy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healer-vs-healy)
- **heave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healer-vs-heave)
- **health** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healer-vs-health)
- **heaven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healer-vs-heaven)
- **Hitler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healer-vs-hitler)
- **heated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healer-vs-heated)
- **heater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healer-vs-heater)
- **helper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healer-vs-helper)
- **heller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healer-vs-heller)
- **henley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healer-vs-henley)
- **Hester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healer-vs-hester)
- **Healey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healer-vs-healey)
- **heeled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healer-vs-heeled)
- **heaped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healer-vs-heaped)
- **holler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healer-vs-holler)
- **Hiller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healer-vs-hiller)
- **herder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/healer-vs-herder)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ehaler`, `haeler`, `heaelr`, `healerr`, `healler`, `healre`, `helaer`, `hhealer`

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