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pitcher

pit·cher/ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ɚ/noun

pitcher is spelled P-I-T-C-H-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables (pit·cher). It appears 6.2 times per million words in written English, the 9,735th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “picture vs pitcher” about 70 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, pitcher means “One who pitches (in any sense) anything” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pitcher is pitchers.

How many letters and syllables are in pitcher?

Letters7: P-I-T-C-H-E-R
Syllables2: pit·cher
In writing6.2 times per million words; the 9,735th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Pairs people search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is pitcher?

Pitcher appears 6.2 times per million words in written English, the 9,735th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce pitcher?

  • UK /ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ə/
  • UK [ˈpʰɪt͡ʃə]
  • US /ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ɚ/

Pitcher has 2 syllables, split pit·cher in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pitcher.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with pitcher

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

picture vs pitcher70 G

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What rhymes with pitcher?

2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pitcher from its last stressed vowel (/ɪtʃəɹ/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of pitcher

  • pitchers plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does pitcher mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    One who pitches (in any sense) anything

    A tent pitcher

  2. 2

    The player who delivers the ball to the batter.

  3. 3

    slangA drug dealer.

  4. 4

    UKobsoleteslangOne who puts counterfeit money into circulation.

  5. 5

    UScolloquialThe top partner in a homosexual relationship or penetrator in a sexual encounter between two men.

  6. 6

    obsoleteA sort of crowbar for digging.

  7. 7

    One who makes a pitch or proposal.

    The pitcher of the new film stands to earn millions.

  8. 8

    UKobsoleteslangA person who sells anything in the streets.

  9. 9

    A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle.

  10. 10

    A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See pitcher plant.

  11. 11

    Pronunciation spelling of picture, representing dialectal English.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Pitcher in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchlanceur, lanceuse (the player who throws the ball to the batter), cruche, pichet (A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids)
GermanPitcher, Werfer (the player who throws the ball to the batter), Krug, Karaffe, Kanne (A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids)
Portugueselançador (the player who throws the ball to the batter), jarra, jarro (A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids), ativo (gay dominant sex partner)
Spanishlanzador, lanzadora, pícher, monticulista (the player who throws the ball to the batter), activo, soplanucas (gay dominant sex partner)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does pitcher come from?

From pitch + -er.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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