# tailor

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈteɪlɚ/ · frequency rank #12,873

## Definitions
1. A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
2. Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English taillour, from Anglo-Norman taillour, from Old French tailleor, from taillier, from Late Latin tāliō, from Latin tālea (“a cutting”). Doublet of tailleur.
Compare typologically German Schneider (akin to English snithe); Macedonian кројач (krojač), Polish krawiec (akin to Proto-Slavic *krojiti).

## Easily confused with
- **tails** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailor-vs-tails)
- **Timor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailor-vs-timor)
- **talon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailor-vs-talon)
- **Taylor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailor-vs-taylor)
- **taller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailor-vs-taller)
- **trailer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailor-vs-trailer)
- **traitor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailor-vs-traitor)
- **trainor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailor-vs-trainor)
- **tailored** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailor-vs-tailored)
- **tail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tail-vs-tailor)
- **tabor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tabor-vs-tailor)
- **tailed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailed-vs-tailor)

## Common misspellings (8)
`atilor`, `taillor`, `tailorr`, `tailro`, `taiolr`, `talior`, `tialor`, `ttailor`

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