# geezer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɡizɚ/ · frequency rank #34,499

## Definitions
1. A male person.
2. Someone affable but morally dubious; a wide boy.
3. Term of address for a male.
4. An old person, usually a male, typically a cranky old man.
5. Wife; old woman.

## Etymology
From guiser. Compare also German Low German Kieser (“an obstinate person; brute; savage”).

## Easily confused with
- **gender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/geezer-vs-gender)
- **Geiger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/geezer-vs-geiger)
- **Geller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/geezer-vs-geller)
- **Gerber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/geezer-vs-gerber)
- **getter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/geezer-vs-getter)
- **geyser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/geezer-vs-geyser)
- **glazer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/geezer-vs-glazer)
- **greener** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/geezer-vs-greener)
- **geez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/geez-vs-geezer)
- **geese** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/geese-vs-geezer)

## Common misspellings (8)
`egezer`, `geeezr`, `geezerr`, `geezre`, `geezzer`, `gezeer`, `gezer`, `ggeezer`

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