# loser

> English word · Noun · IPA /luːzə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #7,026

## Definitions
1. A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive.
2. Something of poor quality.
3. A person who is frequently unsuccessful in life.
4. A contemptible or unfashionable person.
5. One who or that which loses something, such as extra weight, car keys, etc.
6. A losing proposition, one that is likely to lose or already has lost (such as a losing bet or, analogously, a predictably fruitless task or errand).
7. A person convicted of a crime, especially more than once.

## Etymology
From Middle English loser, losere, equivalent to lose + -er. In the sense of contemptible or worthless individual, perhaps an alteration of losel, which see.

## Easily confused with
- **love** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loser-vs-love)
- **lost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loser-vs-lost)
- **loss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loser-vs-loss)
- **lowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loser-vs-lowe)
- **lower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loser-vs-lower)
- **loved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loser-vs-loved)
- **loves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loser-vs-loves)
- **lover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loser-vs-lover)
- **lovey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loser-vs-lovey)
- **luger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loser-vs-luger)
- **louse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loser-vs-louse)
- **lovers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loser-vs-lovers)
- **louder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loser-vs-louder)
- **Lowers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loser-vs-lowers)
- **luster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loser-vs-luster)
- **lowery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loser-vs-lowery)
- **los** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/los-vs-loser)
- **lor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lor-vs-loser)
- **lose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lose-vs-loser)
- **lone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lone-vs-loser)

## Common misspellings (7)
`lloser`, `loesr`, `loserr`, `losre`, `losser`, `lsoer`, `olser`

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