# loner

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈloʊnɚ/ · frequency rank #26,495

## Definitions
1. One who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others.

## Etymology
From lone + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **lor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loner-vs-lor)
- **love** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loner-vs-love)
- **long** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loner-vs-long)
- **lose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loner-vs-lose)
- **lowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loner-vs-lowe)
- **lore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loner-vs-lore)
- **lope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loner-vs-lope)
- **lower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loner-vs-lower)
- **loved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loner-vs-loved)
- **loves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loner-vs-loves)
- **lover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loner-vs-lover)
- **loser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loner-vs-loser)
- **Lopez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loner-vs-lopez)
- **lunar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loner-vs-lunar)
- **longs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loner-vs-longs)
- **lovey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loner-vs-lovey)
- **lopes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loner-vs-lopes)
- **luger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loner-vs-luger)
- **longer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loner-vs-longer)
- **lovers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loner-vs-lovers)

## Common misspellings (7)
`lloner`, `lnoer`, `loenr`, `lonerr`, `lonner`, `lonre`, `olner`

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