bower
noun, verb
bower is spelled B-O-W-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bower means “A bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval castle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bower is bowers.
How many letters and syllables are in bower?
| Letters | 5: B-O-W-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,918th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is bower?
Bower appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th 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 bower?
Bower 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).
Forms of bower
- bowers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- bowering participle, present
- bowered participle, past
- bougher
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bower mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A bedroom or private apartments, especially for a woman in a medieval castle.
- 2
A dwelling; a picturesque country cottage, especially one that is used as a retreat.
- 3
A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods.
- 4
A large structure made of grass, twigs, etc., and decorated with bright objects, used by male bower birds during courtship displays.
- 5
A peasant; a farmer.
- 6
Either of the two highest trumps in the card games euchre and five hundred (where the joker is omitted).
- 7
A type of ship's anchor, carried at the bow.
- 8
One who bows or bends.
- 9
A muscle that bends a limb, especially the arm.
- 10
One who plays any of several bow instruments, such as the musical bow or diddley bow.
- 11
A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest.
verb
- 1
To embower; to enclose.
- 2
obsoleteTo lodge.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bower in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | boudoir |
| German | Boudoir, Frauengemach, Kemenate , Sommerhaus, Landhaus, Landhäuschen |
| Spanish | tocador, camarín |
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 bower come from?
From Middle English bour, from Old English būr, from Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būrą (“room, abode”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).