# packer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpækɚ/ · frequency rank #20,730

## Definitions
1. A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation
2. A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation
3. A software program that compresses code or data.
4. A ring of packing or a special device to render gastight and watertight the space between the tubing and bore of an oil well.
5. An artificial penis or similar object worn by a drag king, trans man, etc., inside the trousers.
6. An object inserted to hold a space open for the purpose of alignment; a spacer or shim.
7. A kind of trunk for luggage.
8. A packhorse.
9. A dustpan.

## Etymology
From Middle English pakker, pakkere, packare, equivalent to pack + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **paper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packer-vs-paper)
- **poker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packer-vs-poker)
- **packs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packer-vs-packs)
- **payer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packer-vs-payer)
- **pager** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packer-vs-pager)
- **picked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packer-vs-picked)
- **pocket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packer-vs-pocket)
- **Parker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packer-vs-parker)
- **Palmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packer-vs-palmer)
- **parked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packer-vs-parked)
- **packet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packer-vs-packet)
- **picket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packer-vs-picket)
- **passer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packer-vs-passer)
- **picker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packer-vs-picker)
- **panzer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packer-vs-panzer)
- **placer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packer-vs-placer)
- **pamper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packer-vs-pamper)
- **pauper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packer-vs-pauper)
- **patter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packer-vs-patter)
- **pander** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/packer-vs-pander)

## Common misspellings (9)
`apcker`, `paccker`, `pacekr`, `packerr`, `packker`, `packre`, `pakcer`, `pcaker`, `ppacker`

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