# timer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtaɪmɚ/ · frequency rank #11,625

## Definitions
1. Agent noun of time: someone or something that times.
2. Agent noun of time: someone or something that times.
3. Agent noun of time: someone or something that times.

## Etymology
From time (verb) + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **tire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timer-vs-tire)
- **tome** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timer-vs-tome)
- **tine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timer-vs-tine)
- **times** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timer-vs-times)
- **tired** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timer-vs-tired)
- **tower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timer-vs-tower)
- **Tyler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timer-vs-tyler)
- **tires** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timer-vs-tires)
- **tumor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timer-vs-tumor)
- **Timmy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timer-vs-timmy)
- **Timor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timer-vs-timor)
- **timid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timer-vs-timid)
- **toner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timer-vs-toner)
- **tuner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timer-vs-tuner)
- **trier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timer-vs-trier)
- **Timon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timer-vs-timon)
- **tuber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timer-vs-tuber)
- **Tomes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timer-vs-tomes)
- **tinder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timer-vs-tinder)
- **tinker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/timer-vs-tinker)

## Common misspellings (7)
`itmer`, `tiemr`, `timerr`, `timmer`, `timre`, `tmier`, `ttimer`

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