# wafer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈweɪfə/ · frequency rank #24,636

## Definitions
1. A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.
2. A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion.
3. A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc.
4. A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.

## Etymology
From Middle English wafre, from Anglo-Norman wafre, waufre (Old French gaufre), from a Germanic source. Compare Middle Low German wāfel, Middle Dutch wafel (“honeycomb”), West Flemish wafer. See also waffle.

## Easily confused with
- **war** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wafer-vs-war)
- **wer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wafer-vs-wer)
- **wife** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wafer-vs-wife)
- **wake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wafer-vs-wake)
- **wave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wafer-vs-wave)
- **wage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wafer-vs-wage)
- **ware** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wafer-vs-ware)
- **wane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wafer-vs-wane)
- **wale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wafer-vs-wale)
- **Water** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wafer-vs-water)
- **Wales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wafer-vs-wales)
- **waves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wafer-vs-waves)
- **wages** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wafer-vs-wages)
- **wider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wafer-vs-wider)
- **weber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wafer-vs-weber)
- **waved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wafer-vs-waved)
- **wiser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wafer-vs-wiser)
- **wager** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wafer-vs-wager)
- **waged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wafer-vs-waged)
- **wares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wafer-vs-wares)

## Common misspellings (7)
`awfer`, `waefr`, `waferr`, `waffer`, `wafre`, `wfaer`, `wwafer`

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