# washer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈwɒʃə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #18,734

## Definitions
1. Something that washes; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher.
2. A person who washes (especially clothes) for a living; a washerman or washerwoman.
3. A person who washes their hands compulsively, as a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
4. A face cloth.

## Etymology
From Middle English wasshere, wassher, equivalent to wash + -er. Cognate with Dutch wasser, German Wäscher.

## Easily confused with
- **Water** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/washer-vs-water)
- **waste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/washer-vs-waste)
- **wiser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/washer-vs-wiser)
- **waver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/washer-vs-waver)
- **washy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/washer-vs-washy)
- **wishes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/washer-vs-wishes)
- **wasted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/washer-vs-wasted)
- **wished** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/washer-vs-wished)
- **wastes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/washer-vs-wastes)
- **washes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/washer-vs-washes)
- **wither** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/washer-vs-wither)
- **wether** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/washer-vs-wether)
- **weather** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/washer-vs-weather)
- **watcher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/washer-vs-watcher)
- **wash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wash-vs-washer)
- **wager** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wager-vs-washer)
- **wafer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wafer-vs-washer)
- **walker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walker-vs-washer)
- **Walter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walter-vs-washer)
- **Warner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warner-vs-washer)

## Common misspellings (9)
`awsher`, `wahser`, `wasehr`, `washerr`, `washher`, `washre`, `wassher`, `wsaher`, `wwasher`

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