# eraser

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪˈɹeɪzə/ · frequency rank #31,163

## Definitions
1. One who erases.
2. An object used to erase or remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil.
3. An object used to erase something written either by chalk on a chalkboard, by a marker on a whiteboard, or by some other erasable implement; a chalkboard eraser, whiteboard eraser, etc.
4. An overwriter program used to prevent data recovery.

## Etymology
From erase + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **erasure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eraser-vs-erasure)
- **ease** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ease-vs-eraser)
- **eager** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eager-vs-eraser)
- **erase** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erase-vs-eraser)
- **eater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eater-vs-eraser)
- **eased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eased-vs-eraser)
- **eases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eases-vs-eraser)
- **easel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/easel-vs-eraser)
- **easier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/easier-vs-eraser)
- **Easter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/easter-vs-eraser)
- **erased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erased-vs-eraser)

## Common misspellings (8)
`earser`, `eraesr`, `eraserr`, `erasre`, `erasser`, `erraser`, `ersaer`, `reaser`

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