bowser
noun
bowser is spelled B-O-W-S-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bowser means “A fuel metering/delivery pump at a filling station” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bowser is bowsers.
How many letters and syllables are in bowser?
| Letters | 6: B-O-W-S-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 bowser?
Bowser appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th 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 bowser?
- Australia
Bowser 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_ck1_bowser.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with bowser?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as bowser.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: browse.
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 bowser
- bowsers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bowser mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
AustraliaA fuel metering/delivery pump at a filling station.
- 2
A road vehicle (often a trailer) for the transport of liquid fuel, particularly aviation fuel at an airfield.
- 3
UKA mobile water tank deployed to distribute fresh water in emergency situations where the normal system of piped distribution has broken down or is insufficient.
- 4
IrelandslangA buffoon or imbecile.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bowser in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pompe (à essence), pompe à essence , camion-citerne |
| German | Zapfsäule, Tanksäule |
| Spanish | surtidor (de gasolina, de nafta) , camión cisterna |
| Portuguese | caminhão pipa |
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.