# lanier

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #36,219

## Definitions
1. A leather thong.
2. A strap used to secure armor.

## Etymology
From late Middle English lainer, lainere, lanyer, from Old French laniere, lasniere (“thong, lash”) (see modern French lanière (“lanyard, strap”)).

## Easily confused with
- **later** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanier-vs-later)
- **layer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanier-vs-layer)
- **laser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanier-vs-laser)
- **liner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanier-vs-liner)
- **loner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanier-vs-loner)
- **lazer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanier-vs-lazer)
- **laver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanier-vs-laver)
- **longer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanier-vs-longer)
- **larger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanier-vs-larger)
- **lawyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanier-vs-lawyer)
- **latter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanier-vs-latter)
- **lender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanier-vs-lender)
- **linger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanier-vs-linger)
- **Lawler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanier-vs-lawler)
- **lauder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanier-vs-lauder)
- **leaner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanier-vs-leaner)
- **lather** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanier-vs-lather)
- **linker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanier-vs-linker)
- **lantern** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanier-vs-lantern)
- **latimer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lanier-vs-latimer)

## Common misspellings (8)
`alnier`, `lainer`, `laneir`, `lanierr`, `lanire`, `lannier`, `llanier`, `lnaier`

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