# dryer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɹaɪɚ/ · frequency rank #14,111

## Definitions
1. One who, or that which, dries; any device or facility employed to remove water or humidity, e.g. a desiccative
2. Short for clothes dryer, tumble dryer
3. Short for hair dryer
4. A catalyst used to promote the drying of paints and varnishes by oxidative crosslinking.

## Etymology
From Middle English driere, dreyere (“one who dries”), equivalent to dry + -er (agent noun suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **dye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dryer-vs-dye)
- **dyed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dryer-vs-dyed)
- **dyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dryer-vs-dyer)
- **dyes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dryer-vs-dyes)
- **Dwyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dryer-vs-dwyer)
- **duper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dryer-vs-duper)
- **dry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dry-vs-dryer)
- **der** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/der-vs-dryer)
- **Dre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dre-vs-dryer)
- **drew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drew-vs-dryer)
- **deer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deer-vs-dryer)
- **doer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doer-vs-dryer)
- **dried** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dried-vs-dryer)
- **Dover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dover-vs-dryer)
- **deter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deter-vs-dryer)
- **diner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diner-vs-dryer)
- **diver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diver-vs-dryer)
- **defer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defer-vs-dryer)
- **drier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drier-vs-dryer)
- **dimer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dimer-vs-dryer)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ddryer`, `dreyr`, `drryer`, `dryerr`, `dryre`, `dryyer`, `dyrer`, `rdyer`

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