# renter

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #38,591

## Definitions
1. One who rents property or other goods from another.
2. One who owns or controls property and rents that property to another.
3. (Synonym of rent boy) Male prostitute.
4. A film worth renting, but not possibly worth visiting a cinema to see.

## Etymology
From rent + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **runner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renter-vs-runner)
- **roster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renter-vs-roster)
- **rested** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renter-vs-rested)
- **router** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renter-vs-router)
- **ringer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renter-vs-ringer)
- **ritter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renter-vs-ritter)
- **Renton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renter-vs-renton)
- **rutter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renter-vs-rutter)
- **Reuters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renter-vs-reuters)
- **rent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rent-vs-renter)
- **Rene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rene-vs-renter)
- **refer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/refer-vs-renter)
- **renew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renew-vs-renter)
- **Renée** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renee-vs-renter)
- **reader** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reader-vs-renter)
- **rental** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rental-vs-renter)
- **ranger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranger-vs-renter)
- **rented** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rented-vs-renter)
- **render** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/render-vs-renter)
- **rector** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rector-vs-renter)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ernter`, `renetr`, `rennter`, `renterr`, `rentre`, `rentter`, `retner`, `rneter`, `rrenter`

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