# digger

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɪɡɚ/ · frequency rank #23,240

## Definitions
1. A large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.
2. A tool for digging.
3. A spade (playing card).
4. One who digs.
5. A gold miner, one who digs for gold.
6. An Australian soldier.
7. a friendly term of address, especially to a man.
8. A member of any Native American people in the western United States, especially Native Californians.

## Etymology
From Middle English dyggar, equivalent to dig + -er.
In the sense of "Australian soldier", attributed to the considerable time that soldiers spent digging trenches during World War I.

## Easily confused with
- **diner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digger-vs-diner)
- **diver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digger-vs-diver)
- **Diggs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digger-vs-diggs)
- **dimer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digger-vs-dimer)
- **dinner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digger-vs-dinner)
- **dodger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digger-vs-dodger)
- **dogged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digger-vs-dogged)
- **dipper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digger-vs-dipper)
- **dimmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digger-vs-dimmer)
- **danger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danger-vs-digger)
- **differ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/differ-vs-digger)
- **dagger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dagger-vs-digger)
- **diaper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diaper-vs-digger)
- **dieter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dieter-vs-digger)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ddigger`, `dgiger`, `digegr`, `diger`, `diggerr`, `diggre`, `idgger`

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