# bachelor

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #7,418

## Definitions
1. A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.
2. The first or lowest academic degree conferred by colleges and universities; a bachelor's degree.
3. Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
4. A bachelor apartment.
5. An unmarried woman.
6. A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field.
7. Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.
8. A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxis annularis) of the southern United States.

## Etymology
From Middle English bacheler, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bacheler (modern French bachelier), from Medieval Latin baccalārius, baccalāris (compare Tuscan baccalare (“squire”)).

## Common misspellings (12)
`abchelor`, `bacchelor`, `bacehlor`, `bachellor`, `bachelorr`, `bachelro`, `bacheolr`, `bachhelor`, `bachleor`, `bahcelor`, `bbachelor`, `bcahelor`

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