Which to use
“traveller” and “travellers” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,298
- “traveller” frequency rank
- #11,626
- “travellers” frequency rank
- 26924
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | traveller | travellers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | One who travels, especially to distant lands. | plural of traveller |
Where the eye mixes traveller and travellers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses traveller with travellers
A purely visual mix-up. traveller (/ˈtɹævələ/) and travellers (/ˈtɹæv(ə)lɚz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “traveller” sits inside “travellers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26924, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
traveller is recorded at frequency rank #15,298, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈtɹævələ/. travellers is at rank #11,626, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈtɹæv(ə)lɚz/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 26924, this pair ranks #383,015 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of traveller vs travellers
Shared letters: aelrtv. Private to "traveller": -. Private to "travellers": s.
"traveller" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCCVC · "travellers" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- traveller ← rtaveller · tarveller · traevller · travelelr · travellerr · travellre · travleler · travveller
- travellers ← rtavellers · tarvellers · traevllers · travelelrs · travelers · travellerrs · travellerss · travellesr
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "traveller" and "travellers" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "traveller" or "travellers" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "traveller" and "travellers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "traveller" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "travellers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #383,015 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "traveller" and "travellers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "traveler vs traveller". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #383,015 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.