# builder

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɪl.də/ · frequency rank #8,902

## Definitions
1. One who builds or constructs things.
2. Master artisan, who receives his instructions from the architect, and employs workers.
3. Software that allows the user to create a certain kind of (often automated) output.
4. Clipping of bodybuilder.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan
Old English bytlan
Middle English bylden
Latin -ariusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
Middle English byldere
English builder
From Middle English byldere, buyldere, from bylden + -er. By surface analysis, build + -er. Compare Old English bylda, bytla (“hammerer, builder”).

## Easily confused with
- **butler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/builder-vs-butler)
- **builds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/builder-vs-builds)
- **bulger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/builder-vs-bulger)
- **buller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/builder-vs-buller)
- **buildup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/builder-vs-buildup)
- **build** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/build-vs-builder)
- **boiler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boiler-vs-builder)
- **bidder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bidder-vs-builder)
- **binder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/binder-vs-builder)
- **bolder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bolder-vs-builder)
- **boulder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boulder-vs-builder)

## Common misspellings (10)
`bbuilder`, `biulder`, `buidler`, `buildder`, `builderr`, `buildre`, `builedr`, `buillder`, `bulider`, `ubilder`

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