# staffer

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #25,595

## Definitions
1. A member of a staff; an employee.

## Etymology
From staff + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **suffer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staffer-vs-suffer)
- **starter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staffer-vs-starter)
- **stuffed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staffer-vs-stuffed)
- **stalker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staffer-vs-stalker)
- **stagger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staffer-vs-stagger)
- **stiffer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staffer-vs-stiffer)
- **Stafford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staffer-vs-stafford)
- **staff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staff-vs-staffer)
- **staffed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staffed-vs-staffer)
- **Shaffer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaffer-vs-staffer)
- **sniffer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sniffer-vs-staffer)

## Common misspellings (9)
`satffer`, `sstaffer`, `stafefr`, `stafer`, `stafferr`, `staffre`, `stfafer`, `sttaffer`, `tsaffer`

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