# robber

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹɒb.ə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #17,462

## Definitions
1. A person who robs.
2. An animal who robs.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English robbour, robbere, either directly taken from or from a calque of Old French robeor. Equivalent to rob + -er.
Compare reaver (“robber, plunderer”), a native English word derived from Proto-Germanic *raubārijaz that is ultimately of more or less the same composition as robber. And compare rover (“a pirate”), another word of the same composition.

## Easily confused with
- **robe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robber-vs-robe)
- **roger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robber-vs-roger)
- **rover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robber-vs-rover)
- **robes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robber-vs-robes)
- **rower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robber-vs-rower)
- **roper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robber-vs-roper)
- **Robby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robber-vs-robby)
- **Robert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robber-vs-robert)
- **rubber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robber-vs-rubber)
- **roster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robber-vs-roster)
- **roller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robber-vs-roller)
- **rubbed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robber-vs-rubbed)
- **router** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robber-vs-router)
- **rocker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robber-vs-rocker)
- **Rodger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robber-vs-rodger)
- **robbery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robber-vs-robbery)
- **Rosberg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robber-vs-rosberg)
- **rubbers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robber-vs-rubbers)
- **rubbery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robber-vs-rubbery)
- **Robb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/robb-vs-robber)

## Common misspellings (7)
`orbber`, `rbober`, `robberr`, `robbre`, `robebr`, `rober`, `rrobber`

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