# cleanser

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #26,721

## Definitions
1. Someone or something that cleanses, such as a detergent.

## Etymology
From Middle English clansere, clenser, clensere; equivalent to cleanse + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **clearer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleanser-vs-clearer)
- **cleaver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleanser-vs-cleaver)
- **cleans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleans-vs-cleanser)
- **cleaned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaned-vs-cleanser)
- **cleaner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaner-vs-cleanser)
- **cleanse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleanse-vs-cleanser)
- **cleaners** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaners-vs-cleanser)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ccleanser`, `celanser`, `claenser`, `cleannser`, `cleanserr`, `cleansre`, `cleansser`, `cleasner`, `clenaser`, `clleanser`, `lceanser`

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