# spacer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈspeɪsɚ/ · frequency rank #35,947

## Definitions
1. A person who works or lives in space.
2. An object inserted to hold a space open in a row of items, e.g. beads or printed type.
3. A bushing.
4. A forgetful person; one who spaces out.
5. A type of add-on device used by an asthmatic person to increase the effectiveness of a metered-dose inhaler.
6. An instrument for reversing a telegraphic current, especially in a marine cable, to increase the speed of transmission.

## Etymology
From space + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **spar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacer-vs-spar)
- **spare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacer-vs-spare)
- **spice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacer-vs-spice)
- **spade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacer-vs-spade)
- **spate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacer-vs-spate)
- **speer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacer-vs-speer)
- **spaces** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacer-vs-spaces)
- **spider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacer-vs-spider)
- **spared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacer-vs-spared)
- **spices** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacer-vs-spices)
- **Stacey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacer-vs-stacey)
- **spades** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacer-vs-spades)
- **spiced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacer-vs-spiced)
- **spicer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacer-vs-spicer)
- **spyder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacer-vs-spyder)
- **speaker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacer-vs-speaker)
- **Spencer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacer-vs-spencer)
- **specter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacer-vs-specter)
- **spanner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacer-vs-spanner)
- **sprayer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spacer-vs-sprayer)

## Common misspellings (9)
`psacer`, `sapcer`, `spaccer`, `spacerr`, `spacre`, `spaecr`, `spcaer`, `sppacer`, `sspacer`

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