# chandler

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈt͡ʃændlɚ/ · frequency rank #10,343

## Definitions
1. A person who makes or sells candles.
2. A servant in a large household responsible for providing candles.
3. A dealer in (a specific kind of) provisions or supplies; especially a ship chandler.

## Etymology
From Middle English chaundeler, from Old French chandelier, from Latin candelarius (“a candle-maker; a candlestick”), from the Latin candela (“a candle”); compare the English term candle.

## Easily confused with
- **changer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chandler-vs-changer)
- **candle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/candle-vs-chandler)
- **candles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/candles-vs-chandler)
- **chandelier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chandelier-vs-chandler)

## Common misspellings (13)
`cahndler`, `cchandler`, `chadnler`, `chanddler`, `chandelr`, `chandlerr`, `chandller`, `chandlre`, `chanlder`, `channdler`, `chhandler`, `chnadler`, `hcandler`

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