# peacemaker

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpiːsmeɪkə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #42,328

## Definitions
1. A person who restores peace, especially by settling disputes; one who engages in peacemaking.
2. Catachresis for pacemaker.

## Etymology
Compound of peace + maker.
First attested in the Tyndale Bible from 1526, as a translation of Koine Greek εἰρηνοποιοί (eirēnopoioí, “peacemaker”), a hapax legomenon found in the New Testament. (The Wycliffe Bible from 1395 instead uses "pesible men", to translate Latin pacifici from the Vulgate)

## Easily confused with
- **pacemaker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacemaker-vs-peacemaker)

## Common misspellings (14)
`epacemaker`, `paecemaker`, `peaccemaker`, `peaceamker`, `peacemaekr`, `peacemakerr`, `peacemakker`, `peacemakre`, `peacemkaer`, `peacemmaker`, `peacmeaker`, `peaecmaker`, `pecaemaker`, `ppeacemaker`

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