# printer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɹɪntə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #7,960

## Definitions
1. One who makes prints.
2. The operator of a printing press or the owner of a printing business; (metonymic) any printing business.
3. A device, usually attached to a computer, used to print text or images onto paper; an analogous device capable of producing three-dimensional objects.

## Etymology
From print + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **prints** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/printer-vs-prints)
- **punter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/printer-vs-punter)
- **print** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/print-vs-printer)
- **prince** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/prince-vs-printer)
- **primer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/primer-vs-printer)
- **pointe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointe-vs-printer)
- **pinter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pinter-vs-printer)
- **pointed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointed-vs-printer)
- **printed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/printed-vs-printer)
- **painted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/painted-vs-printer)
- **painter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/painter-vs-printer)
- **princes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/princes-vs-printer)
- **pointer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pointer-vs-printer)
- **planter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/planter-vs-printer)
- **painters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/painters-vs-printer)

## Common misspellings (11)
`pirnter`, `pprinter`, `prinetr`, `prinnter`, `printerr`, `printre`, `printter`, `pritner`, `prniter`, `prrinter`, `rpinter`

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