# taser

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈteɪ.zə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #24,017

## Definitions
1. A Taser, a handheld device made by Taser International intended to immobilize another by delivering an electric shock.
2. Any electroshock stun gun.

## Etymology
Acronym of the science fiction story Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle. Coined in the early 1970s by the inventor Jack Cover originally as TSER, to which he later added the letter A to ease pronunciation. Genericization of the trademark Taser.

## Easily confused with
- **ter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taser-vs-ter)
- **tse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taser-vs-tse)
- **task** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taser-vs-task)
- **tier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taser-vs-tier)
- **tate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taser-vs-tate)
- **tsar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taser-vs-tsar)
- **tash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taser-vs-tash)
- **tass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taser-vs-tass)
- **taste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taser-vs-taste)
- **taxes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taser-vs-taxes)
- **tower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taser-vs-tower)
- **tiger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taser-vs-tiger)
- **tasks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taser-vs-tasks)
- **Tyler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taser-vs-tyler)
- **tasty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taser-vs-tasty)
- **timer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taser-vs-timer)
- **tease** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taser-vs-tease)
- **toner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taser-vs-toner)
- **Thier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taser-vs-thier)
- **tuner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taser-vs-tuner)

## Common misspellings (7)
`atser`, `taesr`, `taserr`, `tasre`, `tasser`, `tsaer`, `ttaser`

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