# broiler

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɹɔɪlə/ · frequency rank #44,098

## Definitions
1. A person who broils, someone who cooks by broiling.
2. A device used to broil food; part of an oven or a small stove; known as a grill in British English.
3. A chicken raised for meat.
4. A chicken raised for meat.
5. One who engages in or promotes noisy quarrels, or broils.

## Etymology
From broil + -er (agent noun suffix) or, for the chickens, + -er (patient suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **broker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broiler-vs-broker)
- **brother** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broiler-vs-brother)
- **browser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broiler-vs-browser)
- **Bromley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broiler-vs-bromley)
- **bronzer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broiler-vs-bronzer)
- **bruiser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broiler-vs-bruiser)
- **boiler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boiler-vs-broiler)
- **boiled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boiled-vs-broiler)
- **bowler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowler-vs-broiler)
- **broader** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broader-vs-broiler)
- **brainer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brainer-vs-broiler)

## Common misspellings (10)
`bbroiler`, `boriler`, `brioler`, `broielr`, `broilerr`, `broiller`, `broilre`, `brolier`, `brroiler`, `rboiler`

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