# launder

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlɔːndə/ · frequency rank #39,893

## Definitions
1. A washerwoman or washerman.
2. A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus for comminuting (sorting) the ore.
3. A trough or channel carrying water to the wheel of a watermill.
4. A gutter (for rainwater).

## Etymology
Contracted from Middle English lavender, from Old French lavandiere, from Late Latin lavandera, from Latin lavō (“I wash”).

## Easily confused with
- **louder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/launder-vs-louder)
- **lender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/launder-vs-lender)
- **laundry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/launder-vs-laundry)
- **Laurier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/launder-vs-laurier)
- **lavender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/launder-vs-lavender)
- **Laude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laude-vs-launder)
- **landed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landed-vs-launder)
- **ladder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ladder-vs-launder)
- **lander** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lander-vs-launder)
- **langer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/langer-vs-launder)
- **lancer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lancer-vs-launder)
- **lauder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lauder-vs-launder)
- **lanier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanier-vs-launder)
- **Landers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landers-vs-launder)
- **launcher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/launcher-vs-launder)

## Common misspellings (10)
`alunder`, `lanuder`, `laudner`, `laundder`, `launderr`, `laundre`, `launedr`, `launnder`, `llaunder`, `luander`

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