# gurney

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #25,081

## Definitions
1. A stretcher having wheeled legs.

## Etymology
Unknown. Possibly from Gurney cab, a type of horse-drawn cab on wheels named after Theodore Gurney, the US inventor credited with creating and patenting it in about 1883. For the surname, see Gurney.

## Easily confused with
- **grey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grey-vs-gurney)
- **Guinea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guinea-vs-gurney)
- **garner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garner-vs-gurney)
- **Gunner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gunner-vs-gurney)
- **garnet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garnet-vs-gurney)
- **gunned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gunned-vs-gurney)
- **Garvey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/garvey-vs-gurney)
- **gunnery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gunnery-vs-gurney)
- **Guernsey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guernsey-vs-gurney)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ggurney`, `gruney`, `gunrey`, `gureny`, `gurneyy`, `gurnney`, `gurnye`, `gurrney`, `ugrney`

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