# heater

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhitɚ/ · frequency rank #13,928

## Definitions
1. A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.
2. A person who heats something, for example in metalworking.
3. A gun.
4. A fastball, especially one thrown at high velocity.
5. An extended winning streak.
6. A medieval European shield having a rounded triangle shape like a clothes iron.
7. A dead heat; a race in which two or more competitors reach the finish line simultaneously.
8. Synonym of banger (“a powerfully energetic or exceptional song”).

## Etymology
From heat + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **heath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heater-vs-heath)
- **heats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heater-vs-heats)
- **heave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heater-vs-heave)
- **heaven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heater-vs-heaven)
- **hunter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heater-vs-hunter)
- **hotter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heater-vs-hotter)
- **hector** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heater-vs-hector)
- **hitter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heater-vs-hitter)
- **helper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heater-vs-helper)
- **heller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heater-vs-heller)
- **Hester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heater-vs-hester)
- **Heaton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heater-vs-heaton)
- **herder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heater-vs-herder)
- **heifer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heater-vs-heifer)
- **heather** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heater-vs-heather)
- **heavier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heater-vs-heavier)
- **heathen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heater-vs-heathen)
- **hear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hear-vs-heater)
- **hate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hate-vs-heater)
- **heat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heat-vs-heater)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ehater`, `haeter`, `heaetr`, `heaterr`, `heatre`, `heatter`, `hetaer`, `hheater`

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