# herder

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhɜːdə/ · frequency rank #41,171

## Definitions
1. One who herds.

## Etymology
From Middle English herder, herdere, hurder (attested as a surname), an alteration of Middle English herde (“herder, herdsman”), from Old English hyrde, hierde (“herder”), from Proto-West Germanic *hirdī, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz, equivalent to herd + -er. Doublet of herd ("herder"), as in cowherd, goatherd, shepherd, etc.

## Easily confused with
- **here** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herder-vs-here)
- **Herr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herder-vs-herr)
- **horde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herder-vs-horde)
- **heroes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herder-vs-heroes)
- **holder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herder-vs-holder)
- **hinder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herder-vs-hinder)
- **herpes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herder-vs-herpes)
- **Hermes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herder-vs-hermes)
- **Hester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herder-vs-hester)
- **horner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herder-vs-horner)
- **Hervey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herder-vs-hervey)
- **Hodder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herder-vs-hodder)
- **hoarder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herder-vs-hoarder)
- **herd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/herd-vs-herder)
- **harder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harder-vs-herder)
- **headed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/headed-vs-herder)
- **harper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harper-vs-herder)
- **header** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/header-vs-herder)
- **heater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heater-vs-herder)
- **harden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harden-vs-herder)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ehrder`, `hedrer`, `herdder`, `herderr`, `herdre`, `heredr`, `herrder`, `hherder`, `hreder`

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