# seeker

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsiːkə/ · frequency rank #17,026

## Definitions
1. One who seeks.
2. Especially, a religious seeker: a pilgrim, or one who aspires to enlightenment or salvation.
3. In Quidditch or Muggle quidditch, the player who is supposed to catch the snitch.

## Etymology
From Middle English sekar, sekere (also sechar, sechere), equivalent to seek + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Säiker (“seeker”), West Frisian syker (“seeker”), Dutch zoeker (“seeker”), German Low German Söker (“seeker”), German Sucher (“seeker”).

## Easily confused with
- **seer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeker-vs-seer)
- **seeks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeker-vs-seeks)
- **sheer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeker-vs-sheer)
- **steer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeker-vs-steer)
- **sewer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeker-vs-sewer)
- **sever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeker-vs-sever)
- **sneer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeker-vs-sneer)
- **speer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeker-vs-speer)
- **seemed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeker-vs-seemed)
- **server** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeker-vs-server)
- **seller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeker-vs-seller)
- **sucker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeker-vs-sucker)
- **smoker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeker-vs-smoker)
- **shaker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeker-vs-shaker)
- **sender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeker-vs-sender)
- **setter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeker-vs-setter)
- **sexier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeker-vs-sexier)
- **stoker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeker-vs-stoker)
- **sicker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeker-vs-sicker)
- **Seeley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeker-vs-seeley)

## Common misspellings (8)
`eseker`, `seeekr`, `seekerr`, `seekker`, `seekre`, `sekeer`, `seker`, `sseeker`

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