# thrasher

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #44,528

## Definitions
1. One who thrashes.
2. Any of several New World passerine songbirds, of the genera Toxostoma, Allenia, Margarops, Oreoscoptes and Ramphocinclus in the family Mimidae, that have a long, downward-curved beak.
3. A thresher shark.
4. A fan of thrash metal music.

## Etymology
Originally a variant of thresher; equivalent to thrash + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **trashed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrasher-vs-trashed)
- **thruster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrasher-vs-thruster)
- **thrash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thrash-vs-thrasher)

## Common misspellings (13)
`htrasher`, `tharsher`, `thhrasher`, `thrahser`, `thrasehr`, `thrasherr`, `thrashher`, `thrashre`, `thrassher`, `thrrasher`, `thrsaher`, `trhasher`, `tthrasher`

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