# cleaner

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkliː.nə/ · frequency rank #8,262

## Definitions
1. A person whose occupation is to clean things, especially rooms, floors, and windows.
2. A device that cleans, such as the vacuum cleaner.
3. A substance used for cleaning; especially, one retailed for that purpose and meant for use on things other than one's own body.
4. A professional laundry or dry cleaner (business).
5. A fixer; a person who disposes of bodies and evidence.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English clener, clenere, equivalent to clean + -er (agent noun suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **clear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaner-vs-clear)
- **clever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaner-vs-clever)
- **cleans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaner-vs-cleans)
- **cleave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaner-vs-cleave)
- **cleared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaner-vs-cleared)
- **clearer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaner-vs-clearer)
- **cleanse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaner-vs-cleanse)
- **cleanup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaner-vs-cleanup)
- **cleaver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaner-vs-cleaver)
- **cleanly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaner-vs-cleanly)
- **creamer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaner-vs-creamer)
- **cleaved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaner-vs-cleaved)
- **cleaners** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaner-vs-cleaners)
- **cleanser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaner-vs-cleanser)
- **cleanest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaner-vs-cleanest)
- **clean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clean-vs-cleaner)
- **cheaper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheaper-vs-cleaner)
- **cleaned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaned-vs-cleaner)
- **cheater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheater-vs-cleaner)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ccleaner`, `celaner`, `claener`, `cleaenr`, `cleanerr`, `cleanner`, `cleanre`, `clenaer`, `clleaner`, `lceaner`

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