# liner

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlaɪnɚ/ · frequency rank #10,393

## Definitions
1. Someone who fits a lining to something.
2. A removable cover or lining.
3. The pamphlet supplied in the box with an audiovisual tape or disc, etc.
4. A lining within the cylinder of a steam engine, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket.
5. A similar lining for cylinders of internal-combustion engines (see "Further reading").
6. A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.
7. A formal no-show sock.
8. A pantyliner.

## Etymology
From line (verb) + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **live** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liner-vs-live)
- **link** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liner-vs-link)
- **lone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liner-vs-lone)
- **lite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liner-vs-lite)
- **linn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liner-vs-linn)
- **lint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liner-vs-lint)
- **lire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liner-vs-lire)
- **Lise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liner-vs-lise)
- **lino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liner-vs-lino)
- **lives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liner-vs-lives)
- **lower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liner-vs-lower)
- **lines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liner-vs-lines)
- **lived** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liner-vs-lived)
- **links** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liner-vs-links)
- **lover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liner-vs-lover)
- **liver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liner-vs-liver)
- **loser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liner-vs-loser)
- **Linux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liner-vs-linux)
- **lunar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liner-vs-lunar)
- **liter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liner-vs-liter)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ilner`, `lienr`, `linerr`, `linner`, `linre`, `lliner`, `lnier`

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