# bidder

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɪd.ə/ · frequency rank #15,346

## Definitions
1. Someone who bids (all senses), but most commonly, one offers to pay a specified price at an auction.
2. One who commands or orders.
3. One who asks or invites.
4. One who begs.

## Etymology
From Middle English bidder, biddere, equivalent to bid + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bidder, German Bitter.

## Easily confused with
- **bide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bidder-vs-bide)
- **Biden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bidder-vs-biden)
- **biker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bidder-vs-biker)
- **biter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bidder-vs-biter)
- **bidet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bidder-vs-bidet)
- **bigger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bidder-vs-bigger)
- **border** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bidder-vs-border)
- **bitter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bidder-vs-bitter)
- **Bieber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bidder-vs-bieber)
- **binder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bidder-vs-binder)
- **bolder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bidder-vs-bolder)
- **builder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bidder-vs-builder)
- **bladder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bidder-vs-bladder)
- **bridger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bidder-vs-bridger)
- **badger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/badger-vs-bidder)
- **bender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bender-vs-bidder)
- **bedded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bedded-vs-bidder)
- **bicker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bicker-vs-bidder)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bbidder`, `bdider`, `bidderr`, `biddre`, `bidedr`, `bider`, `ibdder`

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