# handler

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhænd.lə/ · frequency rank #14,953

## Definitions
1. One who handles something (especially manually) or someone.
2. A controller, trainer, someone who handles a specified thing, animal or person (especially a prizefighter).
3. An advisor or manager providing guidance to a person occupying public office or a prominent position.
4. A subroutine that handles a particular situation such as an event or exception.

## Etymology
From Middle English handler, handiller, equivalent to handle + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **harder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handler-vs-harder)
- **hinder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handler-vs-hinder)
- **hanger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handler-vs-hanger)
- **Hanley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handler-vs-hanley)
- **Hanover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handler-vs-hanover)
- **handset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handler-vs-handset)
- **Handley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handler-vs-handley)
- **handover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handler-vs-handover)
- **handle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handle-vs-handler)
- **handed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handed-vs-handler)
- **Hadley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hadley-vs-handler)
- **Handel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handel-vs-handler)
- **hander** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hander-vs-handler)
- **Haller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haller-vs-handler)
- **handled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handled-vs-handler)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ahndler`, `hadnler`, `handdler`, `handelr`, `handlerr`, `handller`, `handlre`, `hanlder`, `hanndler`, `hhandler`, `hnadler`

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