# Shaffer

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈʃeɪ.fɚ/ · frequency rank #38,159

## Definitions
1. A surname from German.

## Easily confused with
- **suffer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaffer-vs-suffer)
- **shaker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaffer-vs-shaker)
- **shaver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaffer-vs-shaver)
- **shaper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaffer-vs-shaper)
- **staffed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaffer-vs-staffed)
- **sharper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaffer-vs-sharper)
- **shatter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaffer-vs-shatter)
- **staffer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaffer-vs-staffer)
- **shifter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaffer-vs-shifter)
- **stiffer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaffer-vs-stiffer)
- **Shatner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaffer-vs-shatner)
- **sniffer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaffer-vs-sniffer)
- **shader** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shader-vs-shaffer)
- **Schafer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/schafer-vs-shaffer)
- **Schaefer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/schaefer-vs-shaffer)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hsaffer`, `sahffer`, `shafefr`, `shafer`, `shafferr`, `shaffre`, `shfafer`, `shhaffer`, `sshaffer`

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