# bridger

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #41,537

## Definitions
1. One who builds bridges
2. One who bridges, or connects two previously separate things.
3. One who plays bridge (card game)

## Etymology
From Middle English briggere, equivalent to bridge + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (agent noun suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **bridle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bridger-vs-bridle)
- **bridges** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bridger-vs-bridges)
- **Bridget** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bridger-vs-bridget)
- **bride** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bride-vs-bridger)
- **bridge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bridge-vs-bridger)
- **bigger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bigger-vs-bridger)
- **badger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/badger-vs-bridger)
- **bidder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bidder-vs-bridger)
- **brides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brides-vs-bridger)
- **bridged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bridged-vs-bridger)
- **Bridgend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bridgend-vs-bridger)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bbridger`, `birdger`, `brdiger`, `briddger`, `bridegr`, `bridgerr`, `bridgger`, `bridgre`, `brigder`, `brridger`, `rbidger`

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