# sawyer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɔːjə/ · frequency rank #14,207

## Definitions
1. One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit.
2. A large trunk of a tree brought down by the force of a river's current.
3. A beetle, mostly in the genus Monochamus, that lives and feeds on trees, including timber.
4. The bowfin.

## Etymology
From Middle English sawyer, sawier, sawior, equivalent to saw + -yer. Doublet of sawer.

## Easily confused with
- **sewer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawyer-vs-sewer)
- **slayer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawyer-vs-slayer)
- **Sayers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawyer-vs-sayers)
- **saver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saver-vs-sawyer)
- **saber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saber-vs-sawyer)
- **sawed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawed-vs-sawyer)
- **Sauer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sauer-vs-sawyer)
- **saucer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saucer-vs-sawyer)
- **sadder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sadder-vs-sawyer)
- **sander** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sander-vs-sawyer)
- **sanger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sanger-vs-sawyer)
- **salter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salter-vs-sawyer)
- **Sameer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sameer-vs-sawyer)
- **Sauber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sauber-vs-sawyer)

## Common misspellings (9)
`aswyer`, `saweyr`, `sawwyer`, `sawyerr`, `sawyre`, `sawyyer`, `saywer`, `ssawyer`, `swayer`

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