# blocker

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #22,302

## Definitions
1. Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.
2. Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.
3. Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.
4. Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.
5. Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.
6. Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.
7. Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.
8. Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.
9. Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.
10. Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.
11. A person who roughly shapes a diamond.
12. A person who blocks (stretches or moulds) or more generally makes knitted items, hats, books (or book covers), shoes, etc.
13. A resident or member of a particular block.

## Etymology
From Middle English blocker, blokker, bloker, blokkere, equivalent to block + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **bloke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blocker-vs-bloke)
- **blocks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blocker-vs-blocks)
- **broker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blocker-vs-broker)
- **booker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blocker-vs-booker)
- **blower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blocker-vs-blower)
- **blokes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blocker-vs-blokes)
- **blogger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blocker-vs-blogger)
- **bloomer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blocker-vs-bloomer)
- **block** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/block-vs-blocker)
- **Becker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/becker-vs-blocker)
- **backer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backer-vs-blocker)
- **bicker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bicker-vs-blocker)
- **blocked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blocked-vs-blocker)
- **blacked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blacked-vs-blocker)
- **blacker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blacker-vs-blocker)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bblocker`, `blcoker`, `bllocker`, `bloccker`, `blocekr`, `blockerr`, `blockker`, `blockre`, `blokcer`, `bolcker`, `lbocker`

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