# lender

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlɛndɚ/ · frequency rank #12,269

## Definitions
1. One who lends, especially money; specifically, a bank or other entity that specializes in granting loans.

## Etymology
From Middle English lendare, leendare, variants of lenner, lenere, equivalent to lend + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **liner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lender-vs-liner)
- **lever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lender-vs-lever)
- **loner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lender-vs-loner)
- **leper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lender-vs-leper)
- **Linde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lender-vs-linde)
- **longer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lender-vs-longer)
- **letter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lender-vs-letter)
- **lesser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lender-vs-lesser)
- **louder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lender-vs-louder)
- **lenses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lender-vs-lenses)
- **Lester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lender-vs-lester)
- **linger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lender-vs-linger)
- **linden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lender-vs-linden)
- **loader** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lender-vs-loader)
- **linker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lender-vs-linker)
- **lend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lend-vs-lender)
- **leer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leer-vs-lender)
- **leger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leger-vs-lender)
- **leader** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leader-vs-lender)
- **landed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landed-vs-lender)

## Common misspellings (9)
`elnder`, `ledner`, `lendder`, `lenderr`, `lendre`, `lenedr`, `lennder`, `llender`, `lneder`

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