# climber

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈklaɪmə/ · frequency rank #23,206

## Definitions
1. Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).
2. Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).
3. Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).
4. Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).
5. Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).
6. Something that is used for climbing.
7. Something that is used for climbing.

## Etymology
From Middle English climber, clymber, clymbare (“one who climbs, climber”), from climben (“to climb; to ascend, fly upward, rise; to slope upwards; to approach God in prayer; to advance; to overcome, triumph; to aspire; to be presumptuous”) + -er, -ere (suffix forming agent nouns). The English word is analysable as climb (verb) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

## Easily confused with
- **climbs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/climber-vs-climbs)
- **clipper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/climber-vs-clipper)
- **climb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/climb-vs-climber)
- **camber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/camber-vs-climber)
- **chamber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chamber-vs-climber)
- **climbed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/climbed-vs-climber)
- **caliber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caliber-vs-climber)
- **clicker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clicker-vs-climber)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cclimber`, `cilmber`, `clibmer`, `climbber`, `climberr`, `climbre`, `climebr`, `climmber`, `cllimber`, `clmiber`, `lcimber`

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