traveller
/ˈtɹævəlɚ/noun
traveller is spelled T-R-A-V-E-L-L-E-R: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “traveler vs traveller” about 4,400 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, traveller means “One who travels, especially to distant lands” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of traveller is travellers.
How many letters and syllables are in traveller?
| Letters | 9: T-R-A-V-E-L-L-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.1 times per million words; the 15,146th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is traveller?
Traveller appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce traveller?
- UK /ˈtɹævələ/
- UK /ˈtɹævlə/
- US /ˈtɹævəlɚ/
Traveller has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-traveller.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with traveller
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: traveler.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of traveller
- travellers plural
- traveler US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does traveller mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who travels, especially to distant lands.
- 2
datedA salesman who travels from place to place on behalf of a company.
- 3
UKSomeone who lives (particularly in the UK) in a caravan, bus or other vehicle rather than a fixed abode.
- 4
IrelandAlternative letter-case form of Traveller.
- 5
A list and record of instructions that follows a part in a manufacturing process.
- 6
One of the wires connecting the two members of a pair of three-way switches.
- 7
A metal ring that moves freely on part of a ship’s rigging.
- 8
A rail or track for a sliding curtain.
noun
- 1
IrelandUKEllipsis of Irish Traveller, a member of a nomadic ethnic minority in Ireland.
- 2
A member of a nomadic ethnic minority in Norway, formerly consisting of two clans: those of Romani descent ("the Greater Travellers", who spoke Romani Traveller Norwegian) and those of Norwegian descent (who spoke a cant called Rodi).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Traveller in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who travels:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | voyageur, voyageuse |
| German | Reisender, Reisende |
| Portuguese | viajante |
| Spanish | viajero, viajera, navegante |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does traveller come from?
From Middle English traveler, travelour, travailere, travailour (“worker", also "traveller”), equivalent to travel + -er. Compare Anglo-Norman travailur, travailour, Old French travailleor, travelleeur, travelier.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).