# watcher

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈwɒt͡ʃ.ə/ · frequency rank #28,084

## Definitions
1. Someone who watches or observes.
2. Someone who watches or observes.
3. Someone who keeps vigil.
4. A guard.
5. A kind of angel appointed to watch over the human realm, in particular one of those who became fallen angels and begot the Nephilim.

## Etymology
From Middle English wacchere, wachere, wacher, equivalent to watch + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **Water** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/watcher-vs-water)
- **wither** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/watcher-vs-wither)
- **wether** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/watcher-vs-wether)
- **weather** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/watcher-vs-weather)
- **watches** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/watcher-vs-watches)
- **witcher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/watcher-vs-witcher)
- **watch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/watch-vs-watcher)
- **washer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/washer-vs-watcher)
- **watched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/watched-vs-watcher)

## Common misspellings (11)
`awtcher`, `wacther`, `watccher`, `watcehr`, `watcherr`, `watchher`, `watchre`, `wathcer`, `wattcher`, `wtacher`, `wwatcher`

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