# stalker

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈstɔːkə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #16,136

## Definitions
1. A person who engages in stalking, i.e., quietly approaching animals to be hunted; a tracker or guide in hunting game.
2. A person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions.
3. Any of various devices for removing the stalk from plants during harvesting.
4. Any bird that walks with a stalking motion.
5. A kind of fishing net.
6. A horse that tends to stay just behind the leaders in a race.

## Etymology
From Middle English stalkere, equivalent to stalk + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **stoker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalker-vs-stoker)
- **starter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalker-vs-starter)
- **striker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalker-vs-striker)
- **sticker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalker-vs-sticker)
- **Stryker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalker-vs-stryker)
- **stiller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalker-vs-stiller)
- **stake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stake-vs-stalker)
- **stalk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stalk-vs-stalker)
- **stale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stale-vs-stalker)
- **stakes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stakes-vs-stalker)
- **shaker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaker-vs-stalker)
- **salter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salter-vs-stalker)
- **sealer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sealer-vs-stalker)
- **smaller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smaller-vs-stalker)
- **stacked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacked-vs-stalker)
- **staffer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/staffer-vs-stalker)
- **stagger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stagger-vs-stalker)
- **slacker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slacker-vs-stalker)

## Common misspellings (11)
`satlker`, `sstalker`, `stakler`, `stalekr`, `stalkerr`, `stalkker`, `stalkre`, `stallker`, `stlaker`, `sttalker`, `tsalker`

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