# passer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɑːsə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #23,353

## Definitions
1. One who succeeds in passing a test, etc.
2. One who passes something along; a distributor.
3. Someone who passes, someone who makes a pass.
4. Someone who passes, someone who makes a pass.
5. A passed pawn.
6. One who passes; a passer-by.
7. One who is able to "pass", or be accepted as a member of a race, sex or other group to which society would not otherwise regard them as belonging.

## Etymology
From pass + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **pause** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passer-vs-pause)
- **paste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passer-vs-paste)
- **payer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passer-vs-payer)
- **posse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passer-vs-posse)
- **poser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passer-vs-poser)
- **passes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passer-vs-passes)
- **pissed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passer-vs-pissed)
- **poster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passer-vs-poster)
- **pastor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passer-vs-pastor)
- **pisses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passer-vs-pisses)
- **paused** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passer-vs-paused)
- **pastel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passer-vs-pastel)
- **pusher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passer-vs-pusher)
- **Posner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passer-vs-posner)
- **pauper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passer-vs-pauper)
- **patter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passer-vs-patter)
- **pester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passer-vs-pester)
- **plaster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passer-vs-plaster)
- **Pasteur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passer-vs-pasteur)
- **presser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passer-vs-presser)

## Common misspellings (7)
`apsser`, `paser`, `pasesr`, `passerr`, `passre`, `ppasser`, `psaser`

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