# dealer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdiːlə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #5,209

## Definitions
1. One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman.
2. A drug dealer, one who peddles illicit drugs.
3. A particular type of stock broker or trader.
4. The person who deals the cards in a card game.
5. One who deals or metes out anything.

## Etymology
From Middle English delare, from Old English dǣlere, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?]. By surface analysis, deal + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Deeler, West Frisian dieler, Dutch deler, German Teiler, Swedish delare.

## Easily confused with
- **dear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealer-vs-dear)
- **deer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealer-vs-deer)
- **deals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealer-vs-deals)
- **dealt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealer-vs-dealt)
- **deter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealer-vs-deter)
- **defer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealer-vs-defer)
- **Deane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealer-vs-deane)
- **Delle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealer-vs-delle)
- **deeper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealer-vs-deeper)
- **Denver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealer-vs-denver)
- **drawer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealer-vs-drawer)
- **dexter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealer-vs-dexter)
- **diaper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealer-vs-diaper)
- **decker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealer-vs-decker)
- **draper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealer-vs-draper)
- **denier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealer-vs-denier)
- **dreamer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealer-vs-dreamer)
- **dweller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealer-vs-dweller)
- **deal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deal-vs-dealer)
- **dale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dale-vs-dealer)

## Common misspellings (8)
`daeler`, `ddealer`, `deaelr`, `dealerr`, `dealler`, `dealre`, `delaer`, `edaler`

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