# stringer

> English word · Noun · IPA /stɹɪŋə/ · frequency rank #27,663

## Definitions
1. Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
2. Someone who strings someone along.
3. A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel.
4. The side rail supporting the rungs of a ladder or the steps of a flight of stairs.
5. A small screw-hook to which piano strings are sometimes attached.
6. A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.
7. A person who plays on a particular string.
8. Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.
9. A hard-hit ball.
10. A cord or chain, sometimes with additional loops, that is threaded through the mouth and gills of caught fish.
11. A pallet or skid used when shipping less than truckload (LTL) freight. A platform typically constructed of timber or plastic designed such that freight may be stacked on top, able to be lifted by a forklift.
12. A libertine; a wencher.
13. A person who deliberately states that a certain bird is present when it is not; one who knowingly misleads other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity.

## Etymology
From string + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **strings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stringer-vs-strings)
- **syringe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stringer-vs-syringe)
- **swinger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stringer-vs-swinger)
- **stronger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stringer-vs-stronger)
- **stripper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stringer-vs-stripper)
- **syringes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stringer-vs-syringes)
- **singer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/singer-vs-stringer)
- **string** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/string-vs-stringer)
- **strange** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strange-vs-stringer)
- **striker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/striker-vs-stringer)
- **Steiner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steiner-vs-stringer)
- **stinger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stinger-vs-stringer)
- **stranger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stranger-vs-stringer)
- **springer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/springer-vs-stringer)
- **stricter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stricter-vs-stringer)
- **sprinter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sprinter-vs-stringer)
- **strainer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strainer-vs-stringer)
- **stringed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stringed-vs-stringer)
- **strangers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strangers-vs-stringer)
- **stringent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stringent-vs-stringer)

## Common misspellings (13)
`srtinger`, `sstringer`, `stirnger`, `strigner`, `strinegr`, `stringerr`, `stringger`, `stringre`, `strinnger`, `strniger`, `strringer`, `sttringer`, `tsringer`

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