# wheeler

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #10,155

## Definitions
1. A wheelwright, a wheelmaker.
2. Someone who operates a wheel.
3. A wheelhorse (horse near wheel of carriage).
4. A vehicle having the specified number or type of wheels.
5. A sett in a stoneway.

## Etymology
From Middle English whelere, equivalent to wheel + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 4). Piecewise doublet of cycler.

## Easily confused with
- **wheels** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wheeler-vs-wheels)
- **whether** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wheeler-vs-whether)
- **whoever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wheeler-vs-whoever)
- **wheelie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wheeler-vs-wheelie)
- **whenever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wheeler-vs-whenever)
- **wherever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wheeler-vs-wherever)
- **wheel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wheel-vs-wheeler)
- **weller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weller-vs-wheeler)
- **Weezer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weezer-vs-wheeler)
- **Wexler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wexler-vs-wheeler)
- **wheeled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wheeled-vs-wheeler)

## Common misspellings (10)
`hweeler`, `weheler`, `wheeelr`, `wheelerr`, `wheeller`, `wheelre`, `wheleer`, `wheler`, `whheeler`, `wwheeler`

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