teaser
/ˈtiːzɚ/
"teaser" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“teaser” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #15,716 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #15,716
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One who teases or pokes fun.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | teaser |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtiːzɚ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,716 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “teaser” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for teaser is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtiːzɚ/. Corpus data places it at rank #15,716 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for teaser, with forms such as "etaser", "taeser", and "teaesr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tense", "terse", "tender", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tease + -er. The correct English form is teaser, spelled T-E-A-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who teases or pokes fun.
- 2A person or thing that teases.
- 3A preview or part of a product released in preparation of its main advertising, typically a short film, song, or quote.
- 4A brief portion of a television episode or video that is shown at the beginning, often before the main title sequence, meant to introduce the story and entice viewers to watch the rest of the episode.
- 5A kind of gull, the jaeger
- 6A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their magnetism when the main circuit is open.
- 7The stoker of a glassworks furnace.
- 8A short horizontal curtain used to mask the flies and frame the top of the inner stage opening, adjustable to the desired height.
- 9An assistant who accompanies the 'Obby 'Oss in the May Day festivities of Padstow, Cornwall.
- 10One who excites a person or an animal (see gomer) sexually without fulfilment.
- 11A lure, especially one without a hook, used to attract fish to another lure or lures.
- 12A lure used in addition to a bucktail used for fluke fishing.
Etymology
From tease + -er.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: etaser,taeser,teaesr,teaserr,teasre,teasser,tesaer,tteaser
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of teaser - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “teaser”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-E-A-S-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈtiːzɚ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tense” - see the side-by-side comparison. teaser vs tense
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.