# tuner

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtuː.nɚ/ · frequency rank #32,630

## Definitions
1. A person who tunes a piano or organ.
2. A device, electronic or mechanical, that helps a person tune a musical instrument by showing the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch.
3. On a musical instrument, a peg or mechanical device that changes the tension, and hence pitch, of a string.
4. The component of an audio system that receives radio broadcasts.
5. One who sings or makes music.

## Etymology
From tune (verb) + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **tur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuner-vs-tur)
- **Tyne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuner-vs-tyne)
- **tung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuner-vs-tung)
- **Tyler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuner-vs-tyler)
- **tunes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuner-vs-tunes)
- **tutor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuner-vs-tutor)
- **tunic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuner-vs-tunic)
- **Tunis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuner-vs-tunis)
- **turned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuner-vs-turned)
- **tunnel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuner-vs-tunnel)
- **turner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuner-vs-turner)
- **ter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ter-vs-tuner)
- **Tue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tue-vs-tuner)
- **tun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tun-vs-tuner)
- **tone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tone-vs-tuner)
- **tube** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tube-vs-tuner)
- **tune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tune-vs-tuner)
- **tier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tier-vs-tuner)
- **tuna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuna-vs-tuner)
- **tine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tine-vs-tuner)

## Common misspellings (7)
`tnuer`, `ttuner`, `tuenr`, `tunerr`, `tunner`, `tunre`, `utner`

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