blower

/ˈbləʊ.ə/

//ˈbləʊ.ə// noun

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"blower" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“blower” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #20,300. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,300
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who blows.

Corpus desk

Index EN-blower · blower · English

blower · rank #20,300 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,300
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH blazer

Nearest frequency peer: blazer (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Frequency neighbourhood for “blower”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “blower” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

blower vs Boer
50% similar
blower vs bowe
67% similar
blower vs blown
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for blower
PropertyValue
Headwordblower
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈbləʊ.ə/
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,300
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “blower” sits in English frequency

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).blowerlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “blazer” (#20,299), “blurry” (#20,301), “biz” (#20,298). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around blower (IPA /ˈbləʊ.ə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,300 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for blower, with forms such as "bblower", "bllower", and "bloewr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Boer", "bowe", "blown", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English blowere, blower, from Old English blāwere; equivalent to blow + -er. The correct English form is blower, spelled B-L-O-W-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A person who blows.
  2. 2
    A fissure from which firedamp issues, often in quantity for many years.
  3. 3
    Any device that blows; often, especially, a furnace component or a supercharger.
  4. 4
    Any device that blows; often, especially, a furnace component or a supercharger.
  5. 5
    Telephone.
  6. 6
    Telephone.
  7. 7
    A braggart, or loud talker.
  8. 8
    The whale; so called from its habit of spouting up a column of water.
  9. 9
    A small fish of the Atlantic coast, Sphoeroides maculatus; the puffer.
  10. 10
    A gun.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how blower appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The great sources of fire-damp in coal mines are blowers or fissures from which currents of this inflammable gas issue in considerable quantities and for a long series of years
  2. The locomotive […] was quietly "blowing off" on one Ross "pop" valve, whilst the rhythmic clanging of the fireman's shovel, the black smoke pouring from her chimney, and the harsh sound of the blower told of the proximity of departure time.

Etymology

From Middle English blowere, blower, from Old English blāwere; equivalent to blow + -er.

This word in other languages

fuelle(Español)ventilateur(Français)Bläser(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bblower
  • bllower
  • bloewr
  • blowerr
  • blowre
  • blowwer
  • blwoer
  • lbower

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of blower - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bblower1bllower1bloewr2blowerr1blowre2blowwer1blwoer2lbower2
Edit distance from "blower"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "blower"?
"blower" is spelled B-L-O-W-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbləʊ.ə/.
What does "blower" mean?
As a noun, "blower" means: A person who blows.
What words are commonly confused with "blower"?
"blower" is commonly confused with "Boer", "bowe", "blown". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "blower"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blower" is /ˈbləʊ.ə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "blower"?
From Middle English blowere, blower, from Old English blāwere; equivalent to blow + -er. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "blower", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

blazer#20,299blurry#20,301barbed#20,294camped#20,308

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

abound8 variantsuptake8 variantsTacoma8 variantsstung8 variants

What to do next

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  • 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #20,300 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list