# Quaker

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkweɪkə/ · frequency rank #23,959

## Definitions
1. A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views.

## Etymology
From quake + -er; a name given to members of the Religious Society of Friends, supposedly by the magistrates Gervase Bennet and Nathaniel Barton, when George Fox "bade them tremble at the word of the Lord"; the term was previously applied to certain people who trembled or quaked during religious devotions.

## Easily confused with
- **queer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quaker-vs-queer)
- **quiver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quaker-vs-quiver)
- **quakes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quaker-vs-quakes)
- **quarter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quaker-vs-quarter)
- **quicker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quaker-vs-quicker)
- **quake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/quake-vs-quaker)

## Common misspellings (8)
`qauker`, `qquaker`, `quaekr`, `quakerr`, `quakker`, `quakre`, `qukaer`, `uqaker`

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