# fowler

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfaʊlə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #12,424

## Definitions
1. A hunter of wildfowl.

## Etymology
From Middle English foulere, fouler, from Old English fuglere (“fowler”), from Proto-West Germanic *fuglārī, equivalent to fowl + -er. Doublet of veuglaire.

## Easily confused with
- **foyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fowler-vs-foyer)
- **Foyle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fowler-vs-foyle)
- **fuller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fowler-vs-fuller)
- **fowl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fowl-vs-fowler)
- **fewer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fewer-vs-fowler)
- **foley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foley-vs-fowler)
- **former** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/former-vs-fowler)
- **flower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flower-vs-fowler)
- **foster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foster-vs-fowler)
- **folder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folder-vs-fowler)
- **fooled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fooled-vs-fowler)
- **filler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/filler-vs-fowler)
- **fodder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fodder-vs-fowler)
- **footer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/footer-vs-fowler)
- **fouled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fouled-vs-fowler)
- **foiled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foiled-vs-fowler)
- **feller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feller-vs-fowler)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ffowler`, `fowelr`, `fowlerr`, `fowller`, `fowlre`, `fowwler`, `fwoler`, `ofwler`

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