# passenger

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpæs.ɪn.d͡ʒə/ · frequency rank #3,774

## Definitions
1. One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.
2. Somebody in a team who does not do their fair share of the work.
3. A young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year.
4. A migratory bird, a bird of passage.
5. A passer-by; a wayfarer.
6. A ship carrying passengers, a ferryboat.
7. A moth, Dysgonia algira
8. Any of the individual warheads of a MIRV missile.

## Etymology
From Old French passagier with intrusive n (see etymology of messenger).

## Easily confused with
- **passengers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passenger-vs-passengers)

## Common misspellings (12)
`apssenger`, `pasenger`, `pasesnger`, `passegner`, `passenegr`, `passengerr`, `passengger`, `passengre`, `passennger`, `passneger`, `ppassenger`, `psasenger`

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