# baker

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbeɪ.kə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #4,824

## Definitions
1. A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.
2. A portable oven for baking.
3. An apple suitable for baking.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bakere, from Old English bæcere (“baker”), from Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz (“baker”), equivalent to bake + -er. Cognate with Dutch bakker (“baker”), German Bäcker (“baker”), Norwegian Bokmål baker (“baker”), Swedish bagare (“baker”), Icelandic bakari (“baker”).

## Easily confused with
- **bar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baker-vs-bar)
- **ber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baker-vs-ber)
- **base** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baker-vs-base)
- **beer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baker-vs-beer)
- **bike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baker-vs-bike)
- **bare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baker-vs-bare)
- **bale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baker-vs-bale)
- **barr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baker-vs-barr)
- **bane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baker-vs-bane)
- **Boer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baker-vs-boer)
- **Baku** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baker-vs-baku)
- **bate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baker-vs-bate)
- **based** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baker-vs-based)
- **bases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baker-vs-bases)
- **blake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baker-vs-blake)
- **buyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baker-vs-buyer)
- **brake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baker-vs-brake)
- **boxer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baker-vs-boxer)
- **bates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baker-vs-bates)
- **Bauer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baker-vs-bauer)

## Common misspellings (7)
`abker`, `baekr`, `bakerr`, `bakker`, `bakre`, `bbaker`, `bkaer`

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