# creamer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɹiː.mə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #41,065

## Definitions
1. A jug for holding cream.
2. A separator for removing cream from milk to leave skimmed milk.
3. A nondairy product that adds a creamy texture to coffee.
4. A small thimble-sized or stick-shaped container of milk or cream, used as a standard individual "cream" or "milk" portion, typically provided by restaurants for cups of tea or coffee. In recent decades usually a disposable plastic container; in the mid-20th century often a tiny porcelain pitcher.

## Etymology
From cream + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **crème** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/creamer-vs-creme)
- **create** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/creamer-vs-create)
- **creamy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/creamer-vs-creamy)
- **crease** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/creamer-vs-crease)
- **creams** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/creamer-vs-creams)
- **created** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/creamer-vs-created)
- **creator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/creamer-vs-creator)
- **creeper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/creamer-vs-creeper)
- **creases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/creamer-vs-creases)
- **creamery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/creamer-vs-creamery)
- **cream** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cream-vs-creamer)
- **crater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crater-vs-creamer)
- **Cramer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cramer-vs-creamer)
- **cheaper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheaper-vs-creamer)
- **cleaner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaner-vs-creamer)
- **clearer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clearer-vs-creamer)
- **cheater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheater-vs-creamer)
- **cleaver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleaver-vs-creamer)
- **creamed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/creamed-vs-creamer)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ccreamer`, `ceramer`, `craemer`, `creaemr`, `creamerr`, `creammer`, `creamre`, `cremaer`, `crreamer`, `rceamer`

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