# sweetener

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #33,043

## Definitions
1. Something added to food to sweeten its taste, especially an artificial substitute for sugar.
2. Something given or added to added to a deal to sweeten another's attitude, especially a bribe or kickback.
3. A shill bidder at an auction.

## Etymology
From sweeten + -er (“agent suffix”).

## Easily confused with
- **sweeten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweeten-vs-sweetener)
- **sweetened** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweetened-vs-sweetener)

## Common misspellings (13)
`sewetener`, `ssweetener`, `sweeetner`, `sweeteenr`, `sweetenerr`, `sweetenner`, `sweetenre`, `sweetneer`, `sweettener`, `sweteener`, `swetener`, `swweetener`, `wseetener`

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