# brewer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɹuː.ə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #14,077

## Definitions
1. Someone who brews, or whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.

## Etymology
From Middle English brewere, equivalent to brew + -er; cognate with Dutch brouwer, Swedish bryggare.

## Easily confused with
- **brews** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brewer-vs-brews)
- **broker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brewer-vs-broker)
- **browser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brewer-vs-browser)
- **brewery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brewer-vs-brewery)
- **brewster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brewer-vs-brewster)
- **beer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beer-vs-brewer)
- **brew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brew-vs-brewer)
- **bree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bree-vs-brewer)
- **breed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breed-vs-brewer)
- **bower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bower-vs-brewer)
- **Bieber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bieber-vs-brewer)
- **blower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blower-vs-brewer)
- **brewed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brewed-vs-brewer)
- **Bremen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bremen-vs-brewer)
- **braver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/braver-vs-brewer)
- **Bremer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bremer-vs-brewer)
- **breaker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breaker-vs-brewer)
- **breeder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breeder-vs-brewer)
- **Brenner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brenner-vs-brewer)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bbrewer`, `berwer`, `breewr`, `brewerr`, `brewre`, `brewwer`, `brrewer`, `brweer`, `rbewer`

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