# laver

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlɑːvə/ · frequency rank #49,457

## Definitions
1. A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.
2. Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially
3. Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially:

## Etymology
From Middle English laver, lavre, lever, levre, laber (“a kind of water plant”), from Old English læfer, leber (“a rush (plant)”), a borrowing from Latin laver (“water plant”).

## Easily confused with
- **love** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laver-vs-love)
- **live** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laver-vs-live)
- **leer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laver-vs-leer)
- **level** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laver-vs-level)
- **leave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laver-vs-leave)
- **lives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laver-vs-lives)
- **lower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laver-vs-lower)
- **loved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laver-vs-loved)
- **lived** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laver-vs-lived)
- **loves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laver-vs-loves)
- **layer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laver-vs-layer)
- **lover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laver-vs-lover)
- **liver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laver-vs-liver)
- **loser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laver-vs-loser)
- **liner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laver-vs-liner)
- **lever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laver-vs-lever)
- **liter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laver-vs-liter)
- **loner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laver-vs-loner)
- **liber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laver-vs-liber)
- **lazar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laver-vs-lazar)

## Common misspellings (7)
`alver`, `laevr`, `laverr`, `lavre`, `lavver`, `llaver`, `lvaer`

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