trundler
"trundler" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“trundler” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who trundles (something or someone).
Corpus desk
Index EN-trundler · trundler · English
trundler · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trundler |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “trundler” in English
Rare enough to double-check
trundler is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for trundler, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From trundle + -er. The correct English form is trundler, spelled T-R-U-N-D-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who trundles (something or someone).
- 2A bowler (player throwing the ball).
- 3A bowler (player throwing the ball).
- 4A device that is trundled (pushed or pulled on wheels).
- 5A device that is trundled (pushed or pulled on wheels).
- 6A device that is trundled (pushed or pulled on wheels).
- 7A device that is trundled (pushed or pulled on wheels).
- 8A device that is trundled (pushed or pulled on wheels).
- 9Pea (vegetable).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trundler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I shall begin with the Married Ladies, as this order will be found to be far the most numerous, and includes all the married women in town or country above the degree of a chair-woman or the trundler of a wheel-barrow.
According to the venerable woodcuts which form the frontispieces to Primers of the dark ages, the paths of learning run through […] pleasant pastures agreeably diversified, and peopled by joyous hoop-trundlers and kite-flyers,
Etymology
From trundle + -er.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.