# slander

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈslɑːndə/ · frequency rank #18,695

## Definitions
1. A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.

## Etymology
From Middle English slaundre, sclaundre, from Old French esclandre, from Ecclesiastical Latin scandalum (“stumbling block, temptation”), from Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον (skándalon, “scandal”). Doublet of scandal.

## Easily confused with
- **slater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slander-vs-slater)
- **slayer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slander-vs-slayer)
- **slider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slander-vs-slider)
- **slender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slander-vs-slender)
- **slasher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slander-vs-slasher)
- **spandex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slander-vs-spandex)
- **spender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slander-vs-spender)
- **spanner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slander-vs-spanner)
- **squander** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slander-vs-squander)
- **slade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slade-vs-slander)
- **sender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sender-vs-slander)
- **sadder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sadder-vs-slander)
- **sander** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sander-vs-slander)
- **sanger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sanger-vs-slander)
- **shader** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shader-vs-slander)
- **sanders** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sanders-vs-slander)
- **scanner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scanner-vs-slander)
- **slacker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slacker-vs-slander)

## Common misspellings (11)
`lsander`, `salnder`, `sladner`, `slandder`, `slanderr`, `slandre`, `slanedr`, `slannder`, `sllander`, `slnader`, `sslander`

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