# Schuyler

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈskaɪ.lɚ/ · frequency rank #34,678

## Definitions
1. An American surname from Dutch.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
3. A female given name.
4. A city, the county seat of Colfax County, Nebraska, United States.

## Etymology
Dutch surname "scholar, student", from German Schüler; brought to America by seventeenth-century Dutch immigrants.

## Easily confused with
- **Schumer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/schumer-vs-schuyler)
- **Schuster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/schuster-vs-schuyler)
- **Schiller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/schiller-vs-schuyler)
- **schooler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/schooler-vs-schuyler)

## Common misspellings (13)
`cshuyler`, `scchuyler`, `schhuyler`, `schulyer`, `schuyelr`, `schuylerr`, `schuyller`, `schuylre`, `schuyyler`, `schyuler`, `scuhyler`, `shcuyler`, `sschuyler`

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