# scorer

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #12,497

## Definitions
1. One who scores.
2. One who keeps track of scores in a game; a scorekeeper.
3. Either of a pair of people, one provided by each side, who record in a specially formatted book, every ball bowled, every run scored, and every wicket that falls

## Etymology
From score + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **sore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scorer-vs-sore)
- **store** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scorer-vs-store)
- **shore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scorer-vs-shore)
- **screw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scorer-vs-screw)
- **sober** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scorer-vs-sober)
- **swore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scorer-vs-swore)
- **scorn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scorer-vs-scorn)
- **spore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scorer-vs-spore)
- **scour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scorer-vs-scour)
- **snore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scorer-vs-snore)
- **stores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scorer-vs-stores)
- **shower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scorer-vs-shower)
- **scores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scorer-vs-scores)
- **sooner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scorer-vs-sooner)
- **slower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scorer-vs-slower)
- **shores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scorer-vs-shores)
- **storey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scorer-vs-storey)
- **smoker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scorer-vs-smoker)
- **stoner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scorer-vs-stoner)
- **stoker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scorer-vs-stoker)

## Common misspellings (8)
`csorer`, `sccorer`, `scoerr`, `scorerr`, `scorrer`, `scroer`, `socrer`, `sscorer`

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