# sympathizer

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #47,946

## Definitions
1. A person who sympathizes (with a political cause, a side in a conflict, etc.); a supporter.
2. A person who has, shows or expresses sympathy (with another person or people); a person who enters into the feelings of another.

## Etymology
From sympathize + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **sympathies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sympathies-vs-sympathizer)
- **sympathize** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sympathize-vs-sympathizer)
- **sympathise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sympathise-vs-sympathizer)

## Common misspellings (18)
`smypathizer`, `ssympathizer`, `symapthizer`, `symmpathizer`, `sympahtizer`, `sympathhizer`, `sympathiezr`, `sympathizerr`, `sympathizre`, `sympathizzer`, `sympathzier`, `sympatihzer`, `sympatthizer`, `symppathizer`, `symptahizer`, `sypmathizer`, `syympathizer`, `ysmpathizer`

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