# stretcher

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈstɹɛt͡ʃə/ · frequency rank #21,672

## Definitions
1. Someone or something that stretches.
2. A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person.
3. A frame on which a canvas is stretched for painting.
4. A device to stretch shoes or gloves.
5. A brick laid with the longest (but least tall) side exposed.
6. A piece of timber used in building.
7. A lie; an overstretching of the truth.
8. A board against which a rower places his feet.
9. One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle.
10. A penis, especially a long penis.

## Etymology
From stretch + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **stretchy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stretcher-vs-stretchy)
- **stretches** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stretcher-vs-stretches)
- **stretch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stretch-vs-stretcher)
- **stretched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stretched-vs-stretcher)

## Common misspellings (15)
`srtetcher`, `sstretcher`, `stertcher`, `strecther`, `stretccher`, `stretcehr`, `stretcherr`, `stretchher`, `stretchre`, `strethcer`, `strettcher`, `strretcher`, `strtecher`, `sttretcher`, `tsretcher`

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