# wiper

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈwaɪpɚ/ · frequency rank #36,834

## Definitions
1. Someone who wipes.
2. Something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping.
3. Something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping.
4. A movable electric contact in some devices.
5. A program or process that erases data.
6. A junior role in the engine room of a ship, someone who wipes down machinery and generally keeps it clean.
7. An impertinent young man.

## Etymology
From wipe + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **wise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiper-vs-wise)
- **wire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiper-vs-wire)
- **wives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiper-vs-wives)
- **wires** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiper-vs-wires)
- **wired** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiper-vs-wired)
- **wiser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiper-vs-wiser)
- **wipes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiper-vs-wipes)
- **writer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiper-vs-writer)
- **wither** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiper-vs-wither)
- **Wie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wie-vs-wiper)
- **wer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wer-vs-wiper)
- **wife** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wife-vs-wiper)
- **wide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wide-vs-wiper)
- **wine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wine-vs-wiper)
- **wipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wipe-vs-wiper)
- **Wien** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wien-vs-wiper)
- **wile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wile-vs-wiper)
- **Water** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/water-vs-wiper)
- **wider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wider-vs-wiper)
- **wiped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiped-vs-wiper)

## Common misspellings (7)
`iwper`, `wiepr`, `wiperr`, `wipper`, `wipre`, `wpier`, `wwiper`

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