# tuber

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtjuːbə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #45,137

## Definitions
1. A fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, for example a potato or arrowroot.
2. A thickened rootstock.
3. A rounded, protuberant structure in a human or animal body.

## Etymology
From Latin tūber (“bump, hump, swelling”).

## Easily confused with
- **Tue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuber-vs-tue)
- **tur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuber-vs-tur)
- **tune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuber-vs-tune)
- **Tyler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuber-vs-tyler)
- **tumor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuber-vs-tumor)
- **tubes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuber-vs-tubes)
- **tuned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuber-vs-tuned)
- **tunes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuber-vs-tunes)
- **tutor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuber-vs-tutor)
- **Tudor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuber-vs-tudor)
- **tuner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuber-vs-tuner)
- **turner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuber-vs-turner)
- **tucker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuber-vs-tucker)
- **tumblr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuber-vs-tumblr)
- **tumbler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuber-vs-tumbler)
- **tub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tub-vs-tuber)
- **ter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ter-vs-tuber)
- **tube** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tube-vs-tuber)
- **tier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tier-vs-tuber)
- **tuba** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuba-vs-tuber)

## Common misspellings (7)
`tbuer`, `ttuber`, `tubber`, `tuberr`, `tubre`, `tuebr`, `utber`

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