# usher

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈʌʃəɹ/ · frequency rank #14,862

## Definitions
1. A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.
2. A male escort at a wedding.
3. A doorkeeper in a courtroom.
4. An assistant to a head teacher or schoolteacher; an assistant teacher.
5. Any schoolteacher.

## Etymology
From Middle English ussher, uscher, usscher, from Anglo-Norman usser and Old French ussier, uissier (“porter, doorman”) (compare French huissier), from Vulgar Latin *ustiārius (“doorkeeper”), from Latin ōstiārius, from ōstium (“door”). Akin to ōs (“mouth”). Probably a doublet of ostiary and huissier.

## Easily confused with
- **USSR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/usher-vs-ussr)
- **utter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/usher-vs-utter)
- **use** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/use-vs-usher)
- **used** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/used-vs-usher)
- **uses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uses-vs-usher)
- **user** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/user-vs-usher)
- **under** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/under-vs-usher)
- **upper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/upper-vs-usher)
- **ulcer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ulcer-vs-usher)
- **UNHCR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/unhcr-vs-usher)
- **Ulster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ulster-vs-usher)

## Common misspellings (7)
`suher`, `uhser`, `usehr`, `usherr`, `ushher`, `ushre`, `ussher`

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