# dresser

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɹɛsə/ · frequency rank #18,062

## Definitions
1. An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils.
2. An item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers (bureau), often with a mirror.

## Etymology
From Middle English dressure, dressor, dressour, a borrowing from Old French drecëur, drecëure, from the verb dresser.

## Easily confused with
- **dresses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dresser-vs-dresses)
- **dress** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dress-vs-dresser)
- **dressed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dressed-vs-dresser)
- **dessert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dessert-vs-dresser)
- **dreamer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dreamer-vs-dresser)
- **Dresden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dresden-vs-dresser)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddresser`, `dersser`, `dreser`, `dresesr`, `dresserr`, `dressre`, `drresser`, `drseser`, `rdesser`

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