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bedwetter

/ˈbɛdwɛtɚ/noun

bedwetter is spelled B-E-D-W-E-T-T-E-R: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bedwetter means “A person who (habitually) urinates in their bed (during sleep)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bedwetter is bedwetters.

How many letters and syllables are in bedwetter?

Letters9: B-E-D-W-E-T-T-E-R
In writingabout once in every 45 million words; the 206,808th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is bedwetter?

Bedwetter appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce bedwetter?

  • US /ˈbɛdwɛtɚ/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-bedwetter.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of bedwetter

  • bedwetters plural
  • bed-wetter
  • bed wetter

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does bedwetter mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A person who (habitually) urinates in their bed (during sleep).

  2. 2

    derogatoryA cowardly person.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Bedwetter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchpisse-au-lit (person who (habitually) urinates in their bed…), péteux, trouillard (coward (pejorative))
GermanBettnässer, Bettnässerin, Enuretiker, Enuretikerin, Bettpisser, Bettpisserin (person who (habitually) urinates in their bed…)
Spanishmojacamas (person who (habitually) urinates in their bed…)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does bedwetter come from?

From bed + wetter.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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