# buffer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbʌfə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #9,856

## Definitions
1. Someone or something that buffs (polishes and makes shiny).
2. Someone or something that buffs (polishes and makes shiny).
3. A boxer.

## Etymology
From buff + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **buyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffer-vs-buyer)
- **buffy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffer-vs-buffy)
- **buffs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffer-vs-buffs)
- **butter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffer-vs-butter)
- **butler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffer-vs-butler)
- **burger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffer-vs-burger)
- **bumper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffer-vs-bumper)
- **bunker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffer-vs-bunker)
- **buffet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffer-vs-buffet)
- **burner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffer-vs-burner)
- **buster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffer-vs-buster)
- **buzzer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffer-vs-buzzer)
- **bummer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffer-vs-bummer)
- **bugger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffer-vs-bugger)
- **busier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffer-vs-busier)
- **buffon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffer-vs-buffon)
- **bulger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffer-vs-bulger)
- **buller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffer-vs-buller)
- **Buffett** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffer-vs-buffett)
- **buffered** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffer-vs-buffered)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bbuffer`, `bfufer`, `bufefr`, `bufer`, `bufferr`, `buffre`, `ubffer`

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