# hither

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈhɪðə/ · frequency rank #37,489

## Definitions
1. To this place, to here.
2. over here

## Etymology
From Old English hider, from Proto-Germanic *hidrê. Cognate with Latin citer.

## Easily confused with
- **Hitler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hither-vs-hitler)
- **hotter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hither-vs-hotter)
- **hitter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hither-vs-hitter)
- **hitherto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hither-vs-hitherto)
- **hater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hater-vs-hither)
- **hiker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiker-vs-hither)
- **higher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/higher-vs-hither)
- **hinder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinder-vs-hither)
- **hatter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hatter-vs-hither)
- **Hiller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiller-vs-hither)
- **heather** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heather-vs-hither)
- **hitched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hitched-vs-hither)
- **hatcher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hatcher-vs-hither)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hhither`, `hihter`, `hitehr`, `hitherr`, `hithher`, `hithre`, `hitther`, `htiher`, `ihther`

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