# dreamer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɹimɚ/ · frequency rank #20,099

## Definitions
1. One who dreams.
2. Someone whose beliefs are far from realistic.
3. Any anglerfish of the family Oneirodidae.
4. A swallow-winged puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)

## Etymology
From Middle English dremer, dremere, dremare, equivalent to dream + -er. Cognate with West Frisian dreamer (“dreamer”), Saterland Frisian Dröömer (“dreamer”), Dutch dromer (“dreamer”), German Träumer (“dreamer”), Danish drømmer (“dreamer”), Swedish drömmare (“dreamer”).

## Easily confused with
- **dreams** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dreamer-vs-dreams)
- **dreamt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dreamer-vs-dreamt)
- **dreamy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dreamer-vs-dreamy)
- **drummer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dreamer-vs-drummer)
- **dresser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dreamer-vs-dresser)
- **dream** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dream-vs-dreamer)
- **dealer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealer-vs-dreamer)
- **drawer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drawer-vs-dreamer)
- **draper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draper-vs-dreamer)
- **dreamed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dreamed-vs-dreamer)
- **dreaded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dreaded-vs-dreamer)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ddreamer`, `deramer`, `draemer`, `dreaemr`, `dreamerr`, `dreammer`, `dreamre`, `dremaer`, `drreamer`, `rdeamer`

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