# browser

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɹaʊ.zə/ · frequency rank #8,395

## Definitions
1. One who or which browses.
2. One who or which browses.
3. Ellipsis of web browser.
4. Any other type of information browser.

## Etymology
From browse + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **bruiser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/browser-vs-bruiser)
- **browsers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/browser-vs-browsers)
- **brows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brows-vs-browser)
- **bower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bower-vs-browser)
- **broker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broker-vs-browser)
- **browse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/browse-vs-browser)
- **brewer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brewer-vs-browser)
- **bowler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowler-vs-browser)
- **blower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blower-vs-browser)
- **bowser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowser-vs-browser)
- **bowyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowyer-vs-browser)
- **brother** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brother-vs-browser)
- **broader** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broader-vs-browser)
- **browned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/browned-vs-browser)
- **broiler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/broiler-vs-browser)
- **bronzer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bronzer-vs-browser)
- **brewster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brewster-vs-browser)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bbrowser`, `borwser`, `broswer`, `browesr`, `browserr`, `browsre`, `browsser`, `browwser`, `brrowser`, `brwoser`, `rbowser`

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