# pitcher

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ɚ/ · frequency rank #9,792

## Definitions
1. One who pitches (in any sense) anything
2. The player who delivers the ball to the batter.
3. A drug dealer.
4. One who puts counterfeit money into circulation.
5. The top partner in a homosexual relationship or penetrator in a sexual encounter between two men.
6. A sort of crowbar for digging.
7. One who makes a pitch or proposal.
8. A person who sells anything in the streets.

## Etymology
From pitch + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **poacher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitcher-vs-poacher)
- **pitch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitch-vs-pitcher)
- **picker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/picker-vs-pitcher)
- **patches** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patches-vs-pitcher)
- **pitched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pitched-vs-pitcher)
- **patched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patched-vs-pitcher)
- **pinched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinched-vs-pitcher)

## Common misspellings (11)
`iptcher`, `picther`, `pitccher`, `pitcehr`, `pitcherr`, `pitchher`, `pitchre`, `pithcer`, `pittcher`, `ppitcher`, `pticher`

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