# lander

> English word · Noun · IPA [ˈlændə] · frequency rank #23,886

## Definitions
1. One who lands, or who lands something.
2. A spacecraft, particularly a probe, designed to set down on the surface of another celestial body.
3. A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.
4. An illegal immigrant.
5. Synonym of landing page.

## Etymology
From land (verb) + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **lane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lander-vs-lane)
- **later** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lander-vs-later)
- **layer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lander-vs-layer)
- **lands** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lander-vs-lands)
- **laser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lander-vs-laser)
- **lanes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lander-vs-lanes)
- **liner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lander-vs-liner)
- **loner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lander-vs-loner)
- **Laude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lander-vs-laude)
- **Lando** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lander-vs-lando)
- **Linde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lander-vs-linde)
- **lazer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lander-vs-lazer)
- **Laney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lander-vs-laney)
- **laver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lander-vs-laver)
- **longer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lander-vs-longer)
- **leader** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lander-vs-leader)
- **larger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lander-vs-larger)
- **lawyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lander-vs-lawyer)
- **latter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lander-vs-latter)
- **louder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lander-vs-louder)

## Common misspellings (9)
`alnder`, `ladner`, `landder`, `landerr`, `landre`, `lanedr`, `lannder`, `llander`, `lnader`

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