# damper

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdæmpɚ/ · frequency rank #31,127

## Definitions
1. Something that damps or checks:
2. Something that damps or checks:
3. Something that damps or checks:
4. Something that damps or checks:
5. Something that damps or checks:
6. Bread made from a basic recipe of flour, water, milk, and salt, but without yeast.
7. A shop till.

## Etymology
From damp (verb) + -er.
The name of the type of bread is first attested in 1825, and originally likely refers to damping the appetite.

## Easily confused with
- **duper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damper-vs-duper)
- **dimer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damper-vs-dimer)
- **danger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damper-vs-danger)
- **deeper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damper-vs-deeper)
- **dancer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damper-vs-dancer)
- **darker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damper-vs-darker)
- **dumped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damper-vs-dumped)
- **diaper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damper-vs-diaper)
- **draper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damper-vs-draper)
- **dapper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damper-vs-dapper)
- **damsel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damper-vs-damsel)
- **dipper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damper-vs-dipper)
- **dimmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damper-vs-dimmer)
- **dame** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dame-vs-damper)
- **damp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damp-vs-damper)
- **dames** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dames-vs-damper)
- **damned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damned-vs-damper)
- **dagger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dagger-vs-damper)
- **dampen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dampen-vs-damper)
- **Daimler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daimler-vs-damper)

## Common misspellings (9)
`admper`, `damepr`, `dammper`, `damperr`, `dampper`, `dampre`, `dapmer`, `ddamper`, `dmaper`

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