# trader

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɹeɪdə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #10,144

## Definitions
1. One who earns a living by trading goods or securities.

## Etymology
From trade + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **trier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trader-vs-trier)
- **travel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trader-vs-travel)
- **trades** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trader-vs-trades)
- **trailer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trader-vs-trailer)
- **trainer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trader-vs-trainer)
- **Travers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trader-vs-travers)
- **trapper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trader-vs-trapper)
- **trawler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trader-vs-trawler)
- **trad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trad-vs-trader)
- **trade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trade-vs-trader)
- **trace** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trace-vs-trader)
- **taper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taper-vs-trader)
- **taker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taker-vs-trader)
- **taser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taser-vs-trader)
- **tamer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tamer-vs-trader)
- **tater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tater-vs-trader)
- **traded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/traded-vs-trader)
- **tender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tender-vs-trader)
- **traces** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/traces-vs-trader)
- **traced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/traced-vs-trader)

## Common misspellings (9)
`rtader`, `tarder`, `tradder`, `traderr`, `tradre`, `traedr`, `trdaer`, `trrader`, `ttrader`

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