# tiller

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɪlə/ · frequency rank #31,004

## Definitions
1. A person who tills; a farmer.
2. A machine that mechanically tills the soil.

## Etymology
From Middle English tilier; equivalent to till + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **title** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiller-vs-title)
- **Tyler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiller-vs-tyler)
- **timer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiller-vs-timer)
- **tilly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiller-vs-tilly)
- **tulle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiller-vs-tulle)
- **titles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiller-vs-titles)
- **titled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiller-vs-titled)
- **timber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiller-vs-timber)
- **tinder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiller-vs-tinder)
- **tilted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiller-vs-tilted)
- **tinker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiller-vs-tinker)
- **tipper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiller-vs-tipper)
- **till** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/till-vs-tiller)
- **tier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tier-vs-tiller)
- **tile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tile-vs-tiller)
- **tiger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiger-vs-tiller)
- **Tiber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiber-vs-tiller)
- **taller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taller-vs-tiller)
- **teller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teller-vs-tiller)
- **ticker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ticker-vs-tiller)

## Common misspellings (7)
`itller`, `tilelr`, `tiler`, `tillerr`, `tillre`, `tliler`, `ttiller`

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