# dancer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɑːnsə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #7,213

## Definitions
1. A person who dances, usually as a hobby, an occupation, or a profession.
2. A stripper.
3. Synonym of garreter (“a thief who used housetops to enter by garret windows”).

## Etymology
From Middle English dauncer, dawncere, dancere, equivalent to dance + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **Dane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dancer-vs-dane)
- **Dante** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dancer-vs-dante)
- **diner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dancer-vs-diner)
- **Danes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dancer-vs-danes)
- **dinner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dancer-vs-dinner)
- **Daniel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dancer-vs-daniel)
- **danger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dancer-vs-danger)
- **Denver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dancer-vs-denver)
- **darker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dancer-vs-darker)
- **dances** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dancer-vs-dances)
- **dapper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dancer-vs-dapper)
- **donner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dancer-vs-donner)
- **denier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dancer-vs-denier)
- **dangers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dancer-vs-dangers)
- **Danvers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dancer-vs-danvers)
- **dance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dance-vs-dancer)
- **danced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danced-vs-dancer)
- **dagger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dagger-vs-dancer)
- **damper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damper-vs-dancer)

## Common misspellings (9)
`adncer`, `dacner`, `danccer`, `dancerr`, `dancre`, `danecr`, `danncer`, `ddancer`, `dnacer`

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