# joiner

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɔɪnɚ/ · frequency rank #40,759

## Definitions
1. A maker of wooden furniture or fittings.
2. A woodworking machine used to prepare edges of wooden elements to join to other wood pieces.

## Etymology
From Middle English joynour (“maker of furniture, small boxes, etc.”), from Old French joigneor (“joiner, carpenter”), agent noun from joindre (“to join”), equivalent to join + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **Jones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joiner-vs-jones)
- **joint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joiner-vs-joint)
- **joins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joiner-vs-joins)
- **joker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joiner-vs-joker)
- **joints** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joiner-vs-joints)
- **jointed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joiner-vs-jointed)
- **joinery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joiner-vs-joinery)
- **join** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/join-vs-joiner)
- **joined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joined-vs-joiner)
- **jogger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jogger-vs-joiner)
- **jailer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jailer-vs-joiner)

## Common misspellings (8)
`jioner`, `jjoiner`, `joienr`, `joinerr`, `joinner`, `joinre`, `jonier`, `ojiner`

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