# leaker

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #48,319

## Definitions
1. Somebody who leaks information.
2. Anything that leaks.

## Etymology
From leak + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **lear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaker-vs-lear)
- **leer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaker-vs-leer)
- **leave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaker-vs-leave)
- **lease** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaker-vs-lease)
- **leaks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaker-vs-leaks)
- **lever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaker-vs-lever)
- **leaky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaker-vs-leaky)
- **leper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaker-vs-leper)
- **leger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaker-vs-leger)
- **letter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaker-vs-letter)
- **leaves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaker-vs-leaves)
- **lesser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaker-vs-lesser)
- **locker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaker-vs-locker)
- **Lester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaker-vs-lester)
- **lender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaker-vs-lender)
- **leased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaker-vs-leased)
- **ledger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaker-vs-ledger)
- **leaned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaker-vs-leaned)
- **leases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaker-vs-leases)
- **loader** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaker-vs-loader)

## Common misspellings (8)
`elaker`, `laeker`, `leaekr`, `leakerr`, `leakker`, `leakre`, `lekaer`, `lleaker`

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