# saucer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɔː.sə/ · frequency rank #26,955

## Definitions
1. A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
2. An object round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer.
3. A circular sled without runners.
4. A small pan or other vessel-like food container in which sauce was set on a table.
5. A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
6. A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.

## Etymology
From Middle English saucer, from Old French saussier (and feminine saussiere; hence modern French saucier m, saucière f).

## Easily confused with
- **super** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saucer-vs-super)
- **saver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saucer-vs-saver)
- **saucy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saucer-vs-saucy)
- **Sauer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saucer-vs-sauer)
- **soccer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saucer-vs-soccer)
- **sucker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saucer-vs-sucker)
- **sawyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saucer-vs-sawyer)
- **spicer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saucer-vs-spicer)
- **spacer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saucer-vs-spacer)
- **sauce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sauce-vs-saucer)
- **saber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saber-vs-saucer)
- **sadder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sadder-vs-saucer)
- **sander** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sander-vs-saucer)
- **sanger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sanger-vs-saucer)
- **salter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salter-vs-saucer)
- **Sameer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sameer-vs-saucer)
- **Sauber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sauber-vs-saucer)

## Common misspellings (8)
`asucer`, `sacuer`, `sauccer`, `saucerr`, `saucre`, `sauecr`, `ssaucer`, `suacer`

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