blower
/ˈbloʊ.ɚ/noun
blower is spelled B-L-O-W-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, blower means “A person who blows” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of blower is blowers.
How many letters and syllables are in blower?
| Letters | 6: B-L-O-W-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,356th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is blower?
Blower appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th 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 blower?
- UK /ˈbləʊ.ə/
- US /ˈbloʊ.ɚ/
Blower has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-blower.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with blower?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as blower from its last stressed vowel (/oʊəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bowler.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of blower
- blowers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blower mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who blows.
- 2
A fissure from which firedamp issues, often in quantity for many years.
- 3
Any device that blows; often, especially, a furnace component or a supercharger.
- 4
A ducted fan, usually part of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning system.
- 5
AustraliaIrelandUKslangTelephone.
Get on the blower and call headquarters right away!
- 6
AustraliaIrelandUKslangA telephone service providing betting odds and commentary, relayed to customers in a bookmaker's shop via loudspeaker.
- 7
datedA braggart, or loud talker.
- 8
The whale; so called from its habit of spouting up a column of water.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Blower in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Bläser , Gebläse, Lüfter, Ventilator, Föhn (hairdryer) |
| Portuguese | assoprador, soprador |
| French | ventilateur |
| Spanish | fuelle, ventilador |
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 blower come from?
From Middle English blowere, blower, from Old English blāwere; equivalent to blow + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).