# blower

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbləʊ.ə/ · frequency rank #20,300

## Definitions
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. Any device that blows; often, especially, a furnace component or a supercharger.
5. Telephone.
6. Telephone.
7. A braggart, or loud talker.
8. The whale; so called from its habit of spouting up a column of water.
9. A small fish of the Atlantic coast, Sphoeroides maculatus; the puffer.
10. A gun.

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

## Easily confused with
- **Boer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blower-vs-boer)
- **bowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blower-vs-bowe)
- **blown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blower-vs-blown)
- **blows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blower-vs-blows)
- **boxer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blower-vs-boxer)
- **bowel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blower-vs-bowel)
- **Bowen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blower-vs-bowen)
- **bowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blower-vs-bowed)
- **boner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blower-vs-boner)
- **bower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blower-vs-bower)
- **boyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blower-vs-boyer)
- **Bowes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blower-vs-bowes)
- **broker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blower-vs-broker)
- **booker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blower-vs-booker)
- **brewer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blower-vs-brewer)
- **bowler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blower-vs-bowler)
- **boomer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blower-vs-boomer)
- **bowser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blower-vs-bowser)
- **bowery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blower-vs-bowery)
- **booger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blower-vs-booger)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bblower`, `bllower`, `bloewr`, `blowerr`, `blowre`, `blowwer`, `blwoer`, `lbower`

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