# boxer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɒksə/ · frequency rank #10,501

## Definitions
1. A participant in a boxing match; a fighter who boxes.
2. A type of internal combustion engine in which cylinders are arranged in two banks on either side of a single crankshaft.
3. The person running a game of two-up.
4. One who packs boxes.
5. A letterboxer.
6. Attributive form of boxers (“boxer shorts”).

## Etymology
From box + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **boxy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boxer-vs-boxy)
- **boxes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boxer-vs-boxes)
- **buyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boxer-vs-buyer)
- **boyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boxer-vs-boyer)
- **broker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boxer-vs-broker)
- **boxers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boxer-vs-boxers)
- **box** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/box-vs-boxer)
- **bor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bor-vs-boxer)
- **Boe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boe-vs-boxer)
- **ber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ber-vs-boxer)
- **beer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beer-vs-boxer)
- **bone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bone-vs-boxer)
- **bore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bore-vs-boxer)
- **boar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boar-vs-boxer)
- **Bose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bose-vs-boxer)
- **bode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bode-vs-boxer)
- **Boer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boer-vs-boxer)
- **bowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowe-vs-boxer)
- **Bohr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bohr-vs-boxer)
- **bones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bones-vs-boxer)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bboxer`, `boexr`, `boxerr`, `boxre`, `boxxer`, `bxoer`, `obxer`

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