# placer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpleɪsə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #34,636

## Definitions
1. One who places or arranges something.
2. One who deals in stolen goods; a fence.
3. A horse, etc. that finishes in a particular place in a race.

## Etymology
From place + -er (agent noun suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **plane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placer-vs-plane)
- **plate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placer-vs-plate)
- **played** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placer-vs-played)
- **player** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placer-vs-player)
- **places** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placer-vs-places)
- **planet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placer-vs-planet)
- **prayer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placer-vs-prayer)
- **plates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placer-vs-plates)
- **planes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placer-vs-planes)
- **plated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placer-vs-plated)
- **planar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placer-vs-planar)
- **placid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placer-vs-placid)
- **players** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placer-vs-players)
- **planner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placer-vs-planner)
- **plaster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placer-vs-plaster)
- **platter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placer-vs-platter)
- **planter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placer-vs-planter)
- **pleaser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placer-vs-pleaser)
- **poacher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placer-vs-poacher)
- **pace** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pace-vs-placer)

## Common misspellings (9)
`lpacer`, `palcer`, `placcer`, `placerr`, `placre`, `plaecr`, `plcaer`, `pllacer`, `pplacer`

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