# gardener

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɡɑɹd.n̩.ɚ/ · frequency rank #15,175

## Definitions
1. One who gardens; one who grows plants or cultivates a garden.
2. A coachman who drives badly.

## Etymology
From Middle English gardener, either calqued or loaned from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French gardinier.
See garden, and compare German Gärtner (“gardener”), which is equivalent to a derivative of the German cognate to English garden, Garten (“garden”), + -er.
Displaced native Old English wyrtweard (effectively "wortward").

## Easily confused with
- **garner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gardener-vs-garner)
- **gardens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gardener-vs-gardens)
- **Gardner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gardener-vs-gardner)
- **greener** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gardener-vs-greener)
- **Gardiner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gardener-vs-gardiner)
- **garden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garden-vs-gardener)

## Common misspellings (12)
`agrdener`, `gadrener`, `garddener`, `gardeenr`, `gardenerr`, `gardenner`, `gardenre`, `gardneer`, `garedner`, `garrdener`, `ggardener`, `gradener`

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