# dispenser

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɪˈspɛnsə/ · frequency rank #27,813

## Definitions
1. Something or someone that dispenses things.
2. Something or someone that dispenses things.
3. Something or someone that dispenses things.

## Etymology
From Anglo-Norman dispensour, from Old French despenseor, from Latin dispensator. By surface analysis, dispense + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **disperse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dispenser-vs-disperse)
- **dispersed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dispenser-vs-dispersed)
- **dispense** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dispense-vs-dispenser)
- **dispensary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dispensary-vs-dispenser)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ddispenser`, `dipsenser`, `disepnser`, `dispenesr`, `dispennser`, `dispenserr`, `dispensre`, `dispensser`, `dispesner`, `dispneser`, `disppenser`, `disspenser`, `dsipenser`, `idspenser`

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