# carver

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɑɹvɚ/ · frequency rank #18,781

## Definitions
1. Someone who carves; an artist who produces carvings.
2. A carving knife.
3. A butcher.
4. An armchair as part of a set of dining chairs (originally for the person who is to carve the meat).
5. A ski with curved edges, allowing smooth turns.

## Etymology
From Middle English carver, karvere, kerver, kervere, equivalent to carve + -er. Cognate with Scots kerver, carver, carvour (“carver”).

## Easily confused with
- **cave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carver-vs-cave)
- **cover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carver-vs-cover)
- **curve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carver-vs-curve)
- **caves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carver-vs-caves)
- **cater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carver-vs-cater)
- **caved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carver-vs-caved)
- **corner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carver-vs-corner)
- **clever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carver-vs-clever)
- **curves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carver-vs-curves)
- **curved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carver-vs-curved)
- **clover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carver-vs-clover)
- **Casper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carver-vs-casper)
- **caster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carver-vs-caster)
- **cavern** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carver-vs-cavern)
- **culver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carver-vs-culver)
- **corker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carver-vs-corker)
- **charter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carver-vs-charter)
- **charger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carver-vs-charger)
- **charmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carver-vs-charmer)
- **care** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/care-vs-carver)

## Common misspellings (9)
`acrver`, `carevr`, `carrver`, `carverr`, `carvre`, `carvver`, `cavrer`, `ccarver`, `craver`

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