# sequencer

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #48,476

## Definitions
1. Any device that activates or deactivates the components of a machine or system according to a preplanned sequence (as in a washing machine, or central heating system).
2. A device or system that orders and/or modifies digitally stored music and sound for playback.
3. A device for determining the sequence of monomers in a polymer, especially amino acids in protein, or bases in DNA; A sequenator.
4. A control device to increase/decrease the capacity of plant that is enabled to act in a specific order or sequence.

## Etymology
From sequence + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **sequence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sequence-vs-sequencer)

## Common misspellings (13)
`esquencer`, `seqeuncer`, `seqquencer`, `sequecner`, `sequenccer`, `sequencerr`, `sequencre`, `sequenecr`, `sequenncer`, `sequnecer`, `seuqencer`, `sqeuencer`, `ssequencer`

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