# sender

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɛndɚ/ · frequency rank #22,212

## Definitions
1. Someone who sends.
2. A device or component that transmits, as in telegraphy or computer networks.

## Etymology
From send + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **sense** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sender-vs-sense)
- **sends** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sender-vs-sends)
- **sewer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sender-vs-sewer)
- **sever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sender-vs-sever)
- **señor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sender-vs-senor)
- **sneer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sender-vs-sneer)
- **senior** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sender-vs-senior)
- **singer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sender-vs-singer)
- **server** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sender-vs-server)
- **spider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sender-vs-spider)
- **senses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sender-vs-senses)
- **sensor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sender-vs-sensor)
- **Snyder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sender-vs-snyder)
- **sinner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sender-vs-sinner)
- **sensed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sender-vs-sensed)
- **slider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sender-vs-slider)
- **solder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sender-vs-solder)
- **sensei** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sender-vs-sensei)
- **setter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sender-vs-setter)
- **sexier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sender-vs-sexier)

## Common misspellings (9)
`esnder`, `sedner`, `sendder`, `senderr`, `sendre`, `senedr`, `sennder`, `sneder`, `ssender`

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