# player

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpleɪɚ/ · frequency rank #660

## Definitions
1. One that plays.
2. One that plays.
3. One that plays.
4. One that plays.
5. One that plays.
6. One that plays.
7. One that plays.
8. One that plays.
9. One that plays.
10. One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
11. A participant; one involved in something.
12. A participant; one involved in something.
13. A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.

## Etymology
From Middle English pleyer, playere, from Old English pleġere (“player, athlete, wrestler”), from Proto-West Germanic *plegārī. Equivalent to play + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **plays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/player-vs-plays)
- **prayer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/player-vs-prayer)
- **prayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/player-vs-prayed)
- **players** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/player-vs-players)
- **prayers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/player-vs-prayers)
- **pleaser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/player-vs-pleaser)
- **play** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/play-vs-player)
- **place** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/place-vs-player)
- **paper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paper-vs-player)
- **plane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plane-vs-player)
- **plate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plate-vs-player)
- **payer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payer-vs-player)
- **playa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/playa-vs-player)
- **payed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payed-vs-player)
- **pacer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pacer-vs-player)
- **pager** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pager-vs-player)
- **played** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/played-vs-player)
- **places** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/places-vs-player)
- **placed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/placed-vs-player)
- **planet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planet-vs-player)

## Common misspellings (9)
`lpayer`, `palyer`, `plaeyr`, `playerr`, `playre`, `playyer`, `pllayer`, `plyaer`, `pplayer`

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