# spyder

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #42,916

## Definitions
1. A lightweight, open-topped horse-drawn carriage.
2. An open-topped sports car; a roadster.

## Etymology
For the resemblance of the carriages' long, thin spokes to a spider's legs; the name was extended by analogy to open-topped automobiles.

## Easily confused with
- **spade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spade-vs-spyder)
- **speer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speer-vs-spyder)
- **spider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spider-vs-spyder)
- **Snyder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snyder-vs-spyder)
- **sender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sender-vs-spyder)
- **slider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slider-vs-spyder)
- **spades** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spades-vs-spyder)
- **solder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solder-vs-spyder)
- **spicer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spicer-vs-spyder)
- **sadder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sadder-vs-spyder)
- **sander** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sander-vs-spyder)
- **spacer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacer-vs-spyder)
- **Skyler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skyler-vs-spyder)
- **Spidey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spidey-vs-spyder)
- **Snider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snider-vs-spyder)
- **shader** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shader-vs-spyder)
- **spender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spender-vs-spyder)

## Common misspellings (10)
`psyder`, `spdyer`, `sppyder`, `spydder`, `spyderr`, `spydre`, `spyedr`, `spyyder`, `sspyder`, `sypder`

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