# freezer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfɹiːzə/ · frequency rank #11,892

## Definitions
1. An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).
2. The section of a refrigerator used to store food or other perishable items at a temperature below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).
3. A Parkinson's disease patient that experiences freezing of gait (FOG) episodes.
4. A hardware device that can freeze the state of the system to allow it to be inspected, saved or modified.

## Etymology
From freeze + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **frieze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/freezer-vs-frieze)
- **freezes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/freezer-vs-freezes)
- **fresher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/freezer-vs-fresher)
- **freer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/freer-vs-freezer)
- **freeze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/freeze-vs-freezer)
- **feeder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/feeder-vs-freezer)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ferezer`, `ffreezer`, `freeezr`, `freezerr`, `freezre`, `freezzer`, `frezeer`, `frezer`, `frreezer`, `rfeezer`

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