# Travers

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #26,636

## Definitions
1. A surname originating as an occupation.
2. A place name:
3. A place name:
4. A place name:

## Etymology
From Anglo-Norman traverser (“to cross”), an occupational name for a toll collector.
In Ireland, used as an Anglicization of Irish Ó Treabhair.

## Easily confused with
- **Travis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/travers-vs-travis)
- **traverse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/travers-vs-traverse)
- **traversed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/travers-vs-traversed)
- **travel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/travel-vs-travers)
- **trades** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trades-vs-travers)
- **traces** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/traces-vs-travers)
- **trader** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trader-vs-travers)
- **tavern** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tavern-vs-travers)
- **tracer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracer-vs-travers)
- **travels** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/travels-vs-travers)
- **trainers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trainers-vs-travers)

## Common misspellings (11)
`rtavers`, `tarvers`, `traevrs`, `traverrs`, `traverss`, `travesr`, `travres`, `travvers`, `trravers`, `trvaers`, `ttravers`

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