# consumer

> English word · Noun · IPA /kənˈsjuːmə/ · frequency rank #2,662

## Definitions
1. One who, or that which, consumes.
2. Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.
3. The consumer base of a product, service or business.
4. An organism (heterotroph) that uses other organisms for food in order to gain energy.

## Etymology
From consume + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **consume** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consume-vs-consumer)
- **conquer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conquer-vs-consumer)
- **consider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consider-vs-consumer)
- **consumed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consumed-vs-consumer)
- **consular** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consular-vs-consumer)

## Common misspellings (12)
`cconsumer`, `cnosumer`, `connsumer`, `consmuer`, `conssumer`, `consuemr`, `consumerr`, `consummer`, `consumre`, `conusmer`, `cosnumer`, `ocnsumer`

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