# spicer

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #28,736

## Definitions
1. One who seasons with spice.
2. That which adds spice or (figurative) excitement.
3. A spice dealer.

## Etymology
From Middle English spicer, spycer, spycere, from Old French espicier (> French épicier), from Latin speciarius (“dealer in spices”), equivalent to spice + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **spite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spicer-vs-spite)
- **spike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spicer-vs-spike)
- **spine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spicer-vs-spine)
- **spicy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spicer-vs-spicy)
- **spies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spicer-vs-spies)
- **spire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spicer-vs-spire)
- **spiel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spicer-vs-spiel)
- **spider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spicer-vs-spider)
- **spices** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spicer-vs-spices)
- **spiked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spicer-vs-spiked)
- **splice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spicer-vs-splice)
- **Spires** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spicer-vs-spires)
- **Spidey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spicer-vs-spidey)
- **spyder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spicer-vs-spyder)
- **sticker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spicer-vs-sticker)
- **spoiler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spicer-vs-spoiler)
- **spinner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spicer-vs-spinner)
- **spitzer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spicer-vs-spitzer)
- **space** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/space-vs-spicer)
- **slice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slice-vs-spicer)

## Common misspellings (9)
`psicer`, `sipcer`, `spcier`, `spiccer`, `spicerr`, `spicre`, `spiecr`, `sppicer`, `sspicer`

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