# grader

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɡɹeɪdɚ/ · frequency rank #20,367

## Definitions
1. A machine used in road maintenance, construction, and mining for leveling large surfaces.
2. A machine used to sort food by size or quality.
3. One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated.
4. One who belongs to a certain grade at school.

## Etymology
From grade + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 4).

## Easily confused with
- **grave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grader-vs-grave)
- **grape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grader-vs-grape)
- **grate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grader-vs-grate)
- **Grady** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grader-vs-grady)
- **graze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grader-vs-graze)
- **grades** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grader-vs-grades)
- **grande** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grader-vs-grande)
- **graves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grader-vs-graves)
- **grapes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grader-vs-grapes)
- **gravel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grader-vs-gravel)
- **Grover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grader-vs-grover)
- **grated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grader-vs-grated)
- **grower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grader-vs-grower)
- **grocer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grader-vs-grocer)
- **grazed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grader-vs-grazed)
- **grates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grader-vs-grates)
- **greater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grader-vs-greater)
- **grinder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grader-vs-grinder)
- **granger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grader-vs-granger)
- **Grammer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grader-vs-grammer)

## Common misspellings (9)
`garder`, `ggrader`, `gradder`, `graderr`, `gradre`, `graedr`, `grdaer`, `grrader`, `rgader`

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