# traveller

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɹævələ/ · frequency rank #15,298

## Definitions
1. One who travels, especially to distant lands.
2. A salesman who travels from place to place on behalf of a company.
3. Someone who lives (particularly in the UK) in a caravan, bus or other vehicle rather than a fixed abode.
4. Alternative 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.
9. A sheet of paper that is circulated with the board of cards, on which players record their scores.
10. A styrofoam cup filled with liquor and usually ice, to be taken away from a place.

## Etymology
From Middle English traveler, travelour, travailere, travailour (“worker", also "traveller”), equivalent to travel + -er. Compare Anglo-Norman travailur, travailour, Old French travailleor, travelleeur, travelier.

## Easily confused with
- **travellers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/traveller-vs-travellers)
- **traveled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/traveled-vs-traveller)
- **traveler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/traveler-vs-traveller)
- **travelled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/travelled-vs-traveller)

## Common misspellings (11)
`rtaveller`, `tarveller`, `traevller`, `travelelr`, `travellerr`, `travellre`, `travleler`, `travveller`, `trraveller`, `trvaeller`, `ttraveller`

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