# antler

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈænt.lə/ · frequency rank #46,305

## Definitions
1. A deciduous branching and bony structure on the head of deer, moose, and elk, normally in pairs, grown and shed each year. (Compare with horn, which is generally not shed.)

## Etymology
From Middle English auntelere, hauntelere, from Old French antoillier (“antler, horn”), from ante- (“in front of”) + oillier (oil (“eye”) + -ier (a suffix indicating location)), possibly from an unattested Latin *anteocularis (“before the eye”).

## Easily confused with
- **aster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/antler-vs-aster)
- **Astley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/antler-vs-astley)
- **Antwerp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/antler-vs-antwerp)
- **ante** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ante-vs-antler)
- **after** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/after-vs-antler)
- **anger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anger-vs-antler)
- **angle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/angle-vs-antler)
- **alter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alter-vs-antler)
- **ankle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ankle-vs-antler)
- **Adler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adler-vs-antler)
- **answer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/answer-vs-antler)
- **anthem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anthem-vs-antler)
- **angled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/angled-vs-antler)
- **angler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/angler-vs-antler)
- **aether** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aether-vs-antler)
- **another** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/another-vs-antler)

## Common misspellings (9)
`anlter`, `anntler`, `antelr`, `antlerr`, `antller`, `antlre`, `anttler`, `atnler`, `natler`

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