# whisperer

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #36,828

## Definitions
1. Someone who whispers.
2. Someone who tells secrets; a gossip.
3. Someone who is skilled in taming or training a certain kind of animal, using gentle vocal commands and body language as opposed to physical contact. See horse whisperer.
4. Someone who has an uncanny ability to control or manipulate a certain thing or person; an expert or guru in a particular field or subject

## Etymology
From whisper + -er. The extended senses were popularized by the film The Horse Whisperer (1998).

## Easily confused with
- **whisper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whisper-vs-whisperer)
- **whispered** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whispered-vs-whisperer)

## Common misspellings (14)
`hwisperer`, `whhisperer`, `whipserer`, `whiseprer`, `whispeerr`, `whispererr`, `whisperre`, `whisperrer`, `whispperer`, `whispreer`, `whissperer`, `whsiperer`, `wihsperer`, `wwhisperer`

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