# warrior

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈwɒɹiə/ · frequency rank #5,564

## Definitions
1. A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.
2. A person who is aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity, such as athletics.

## Etymology
From Middle English werreour, from Anglo-Norman werreur, Old French guerroiier (“fighter, combattant”), from Medieval Latin werra, from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”). Displaced native Old English cempa and many others.

## Easily confused with
- **warriors** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warrior-vs-warriors)
- **warring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warring-vs-warrior)

## Common misspellings (8)
`awrrior`, `warior`, `wariror`, `warriorr`, `warriro`, `warroir`, `wrarior`, `wwarrior`

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