# Keller

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #13,373

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
* As a German surname, from Keller (“storehouse”).
* As an English surname, from queller (“hangman, executioner, killer”).
* As a Scottish Gaelic surname, spelling variant of Keillor, from gu leòr (“plenty, enough, sufficient”) (comparable to galore).

## Easily confused with
- **Kelly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keller-vs-kelly)
- **killed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keller-vs-killed)
- **killer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keller-vs-killer)
- **Kelsey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keller-vs-kelsey)
- **Kohler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keller-vs-kohler)
- **Kevlar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keller-vs-kevlar)
- **kemper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keller-vs-kemper)
- **kenner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keller-vs-kenner)
- **Kessler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keller-vs-kessler)
- **kell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kell-vs-keller)
- **keeper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keeper-vs-keller)
- **keeler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keeler-vs-keller)
- **keener** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keener-vs-keller)
- **Keeley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keeley-vs-keller)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ekller`, `kelelr`, `keler`, `kellerr`, `kellre`, `kkeller`, `kleler`

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