# finder

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfaɪndə/ · frequency rank #20,115

## Definitions
1. One who finds or discovers something; a discoverer.
2. A device, such as a viewfinder, used to locate a target or other object of interest.
3. A person who picks up scraps and oddments to sell to make a living.

## Etymology
From Middle English findere. By surface analysis, find + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **fine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finder-vs-fine)
- **finds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finder-vs-finds)
- **fines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finder-vs-fines)
- **fined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finder-vs-fined)
- **finer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finder-vs-finer)
- **fixer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finder-vs-fixer)
- **fiver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finder-vs-fiver)
- **finger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finder-vs-finger)
- **funded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finder-vs-funded)
- **fisher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finder-vs-fisher)
- **folder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finder-vs-folder)
- **fodder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finder-vs-fodder)
- **Finley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finder-vs-finley)
- **fitter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finder-vs-fitter)
- **firmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finder-vs-firmer)
- **Finney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finder-vs-finney)
- **fingers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finder-vs-fingers)
- **founder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finder-vs-founder)
- **flinders** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finder-vs-flinders)
- **find** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/find-vs-finder)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ffinder`, `fidner`, `findder`, `finderr`, `findre`, `finedr`, `finnder`, `fnider`, `ifnder`

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