# ringer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹɪŋə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #26,942

## Definitions
1. Someone who rings, especially a bell ringer.
2. A crowbar.

## Etymology
From Middle English ringere, rynger, ryngar, equivalent to ring (“to sound a bell”) + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **river** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ringer-vs-river)
- **roger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ringer-vs-roger)
- **rings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ringer-vs-rings)
- **rinse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ringer-vs-rinse)
- **Ringo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ringer-vs-ringo)
- **riser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ringer-vs-riser)
- **runner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ringer-vs-runner)
- **ripper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ringer-vs-ripper)
- **ritter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ringer-vs-ritter)
- **Rodger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ringer-vs-rodger)
- **ring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ring-vs-ringer)
- **range** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/range-vs-ringer)
- **ridge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ridge-vs-ringer)
- **rider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rider-vs-ringer)
- **rigor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rigor-vs-ringer)
- **ranges** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranges-vs-ringer)
- **ranger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranger-vs-ringer)
- **render** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/render-vs-ringer)
- **richer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/richer-vs-ringer)
- **rigged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rigged-vs-ringer)

## Common misspellings (9)
`irnger`, `rigner`, `rinegr`, `ringerr`, `ringger`, `ringre`, `rinnger`, `rniger`, `rringer`

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