witcher
/ˈwɪt͡ʃɚ/noun, contraction
witcher is spelled W-I-T-C-H-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, witcher means “A dowser” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of witcher is witchers.
How many letters and syllables are in witcher?
| Letters | 7: W-I-T-C-H-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,459th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is witcher?
Witcher appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce witcher?
- US /ˈwɪt͡ʃɚ/
Witcher has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with witcher?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as witcher from its last stressed vowel (/ɪtʃəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of witcher
- witchers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does witcher mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A dowser.
- 2
A male witch; warlock.
- 3
A human who has undergone a controlled mutation so that he can kill monsters as a professional mercenary in Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher series.
contraction
- 1
Pronunciation spelling of with your.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Witcher in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense human who has undergone a controlled mutation to be able to kill monsters as a m:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does witcher come from?
From witch + -er, from the popular belief that dowsing was a supernatural act.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).