# fryer

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #29,287

## Definitions
1. A machine or container for frying food.
2. A fish suitable for frying.
3. A young chicken suitable for frying; a pullet or cockerel.
4. One who fries.

## Etymology
From fry + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **fry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fry-vs-fryer)
- **fer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fer-vs-fryer)
- **free** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/free-vs-fryer)
- **Fred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fred-vs-fryer)
- **fret** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fret-vs-fryer)
- **Faye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faye-vs-fryer)
- **Frey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frey-vs-fryer)
- **fewer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fewer-vs-fryer)
- **fever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fever-vs-fryer)
- **fiber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fiber-vs-fryer)
- **fried** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fried-vs-fryer)
- **freed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/freed-vs-fryer)
- **fries** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fries-vs-fryer)
- **flyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flyer-vs-fryer)
- **finer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/finer-vs-fryer)
- **Faber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faber-vs-fryer)
- **frees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frees-vs-fryer)
- **foyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/foyer-vs-fryer)
- **fixer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fixer-vs-fryer)
- **friar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/friar-vs-fryer)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ffryer`, `freyr`, `frryer`, `fryerr`, `fryre`, `fryyer`, `fyrer`, `rfyer`

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