# lawyer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlɔːjə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #2,162

## Definitions
1. A professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work (such as Juris Doctor)
2. A professional person qualified (as by a law degree or bar exam) and authorized to practice law as an attorney-at-law, solicitor, advocate, barrister or equivalent, i.e. represent parties in lawsuits or trials and give legal advice.
3. A legal layman who argues points of law.
4. The burbot.
5. The stem of a bramble.
6. Any of various plants that have hooked thorns.
7. Any of various plants that have hooked thorns.
8. Any of various plants that have hooked thorns.

## Etymology
From Middle English lawiere, lawier, lawer, equivalent to law + -yer.

## Easily confused with
- **lower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lawyer-vs-lower)
- **layer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lawyer-vs-layer)
- **lazer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lawyer-vs-lazer)
- **layers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lawyer-vs-layers)
- **lawyers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lawyer-vs-lawyers)
- **later** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/later-vs-lawyer)
- **laser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laser-vs-lawyer)
- **lager** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lager-vs-lawyer)
- **laker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laker-vs-lawyer)
- **laver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laver-vs-lawyer)
- **larger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/larger-vs-lawyer)
- **latter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/latter-vs-lawyer)
- **ladder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ladder-vs-lawyer)
- **lander** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lander-vs-lawyer)
- **Lawler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lawler-vs-lawyer)
- **langer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/langer-vs-lawyer)
- **lancer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lancer-vs-lawyer)
- **lauder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lauder-vs-lawyer)
- **lanier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanier-vs-lawyer)
- **lather** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lather-vs-lawyer)

## Common misspellings (9)
`alwyer`, `laweyr`, `lawwyer`, `lawyerr`, `lawyre`, `lawyyer`, `laywer`, `llawyer`, `lwayer`

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