# springer

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #13,615

## Definitions
1. A person that springs.
2. Anything that springs.
3. A spring salmon.
4. A stone at the base of an arch (from which the arch springs).
5. A springing cow.
6. A springer spaniel.
7. A springbok.

## Etymology
From spring + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **springs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/springer-vs-springs)
- **syringe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/springer-vs-syringe)
- **stinger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/springer-vs-stinger)
- **swinger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/springer-vs-swinger)
- **stronger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/springer-vs-stronger)
- **stranger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/springer-vs-stranger)
- **sprinter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/springer-vs-sprinter)
- **stringer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/springer-vs-stringer)
- **syringes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/springer-vs-syringes)
- **stringed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/springer-vs-stringed)
- **sprinkler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/springer-vs-sprinkler)
- **spring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spring-vs-springer)
- **singer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singer-vs-springer)
- **spinner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spinner-vs-springer)
- **splinter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/splinter-vs-springer)

## Common misspellings (13)
`psringer`, `spirnger`, `sppringer`, `sprigner`, `sprinegr`, `springerr`, `springger`, `springre`, `sprinnger`, `sprniger`, `sprringer`, `srpinger`, `sspringer`

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