traveler
/ˈtɹæv.lɚ/
"traveler" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“traveler” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,627. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,627
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - US standard spelling of traveller.
Corpus desk
Index EN-traveler · traveler · English
traveler · rank #13,627 · 11 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,627
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Tunisia
Nearest frequency peer: Tunisia (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “traveler”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Tanzania
Tanzania
86,378 corpus weight
- tor
tor
86,376 corpus weight
- traveler
traveler
86,374 corpus weight
- Tunisia
Tunisia
86,373 corpus weight
- umm
umm
86,372 corpus weight
- unauthorized
unauthorized
86,371 corpus weight
What this shows “traveler” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | traveler |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɹæv.lɚ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #13,627 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “traveler”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around traveler (IPA /ˈtɹæv.lɚ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,627 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "US standard spelling of traveller.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for traveler, with forms such as "rtaveler", "tarveler", and "traevler". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "travels", "trawler", "travelled", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From travel + -er. The correct English form is traveler, spelled T-R-A-V-E-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1US standard spelling of traveller.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how traveler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The traveler on this road stands a fair chance of missing his connecting links in the great railway chain which interthreads the continent east and west […]
Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.
Etymology
From travel + -er.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtaveler
- tarveler
- traevler
- traveelr
- travelerr
- travelre
- travleer
- travveler
- trraveler
- trvaeler
- ttraveler
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of traveler - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "traveler", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).