# teller

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɛlə/ · frequency rank #15,292

## Definitions
1. A person who tells stories.
2. A bank clerk who receives and pays out money.
3. A cashier at any place of business.
4. Synonym of automated teller machine.
5. A person who counts the votes in an election.

## Etymology
From Middle English tellere (“one who counts or enumerates; one who recounts or relates; teller”), equivalent to tell (verb) + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **tells** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teller-vs-tells)
- **Tyler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teller-vs-tyler)
- **telly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teller-vs-telly)
- **tulle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teller-vs-tulle)
- **tender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teller-vs-tender)
- **temper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teller-vs-temper)
- **tester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teller-vs-tester)
- **tellin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teller-vs-tellin)
- **tether** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teller-vs-tether)
- **tiller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teller-vs-tiller)
- **tenner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teller-vs-tenner)
- **tell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tell-vs-teller)
- **taller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taller-vs-teller)
- **teaser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teaser-vs-teller)
- **talker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talker-vs-teller)

## Common misspellings (7)
`etller`, `telelr`, `teler`, `tellerr`, `tellre`, `tleler`, `tteller`

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