# poser

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpəʊzə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #43,318

## Definitions
1. A particularly difficult question or puzzle.
2. Someone who asks a question or sets a problem.
3. Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.
4. A poseur; someone who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.

## Etymology
From pose + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **post** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poser-vs-post)
- **pour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poser-vs-pour)
- **posh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poser-vs-posh)
- **power** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poser-vs-power)
- **posts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poser-vs-posts)
- **prose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poser-vs-prose)
- **posse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poser-vs-posse)
- **posey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poser-vs-posey)
- **posit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poser-vs-posit)
- **posted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poser-vs-posted)
- **proper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poser-vs-proper)
- **Powers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poser-vs-powers)
- **powder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poser-vs-powder)
- **poster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poser-vs-poster)
- **potter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poser-vs-potter)
- **pusher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poser-vs-pusher)
- **Posner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poser-vs-posner)
- **prosper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poser-vs-prosper)
- **Prosser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poser-vs-prosser)
- **per** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/per-vs-poser)

## Common misspellings (7)
`opser`, `poesr`, `poserr`, `posre`, `posser`, `pposer`, `psoer`

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