# Schafer

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #48,471

## Definitions
1. A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation], equivalent to English Shepherd.

## Etymology
From German Schäfer.

## Easily confused with
- **shaker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/schafer-vs-shaker)
- **shaver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/schafer-vs-shaver)
- **Scheer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/schafer-vs-scheer)
- **shader** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/schafer-vs-shader)
- **shaper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/schafer-vs-shaper)
- **Schumer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/schafer-vs-schumer)
- **Shaffer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/schafer-vs-shaffer)
- **scraper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/schafer-vs-scraper)
- **Schrader** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/schafer-vs-schrader)
- **Schaefer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/schaefer-vs-schafer)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cshafer`, `scahfer`, `scchafer`, `schaefr`, `schaferr`, `schaffer`, `schafre`, `schfaer`, `schhafer`, `shcafer`, `sschafer`

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