# bowser

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #27,753

## Definitions
1. A 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. A 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. A buffoon or imbecile.

## Etymology
* (liquids): From Bowser (“a surname”), named after Sylvanus Bowser, US inventor of the first fuel pump; also a trade name of SF Bowser inc., the inventor's company.
* (Irish)

## Easily confused with
- **boxer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowser-vs-boxer)
- **boyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowser-vs-boyer)
- **browse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowser-vs-browse)
- **bowyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowser-vs-bowyer)
- **browser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowser-vs-browser)
- **browsers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowser-vs-browsers)
- **bows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bows-vs-bowser)
- **Bose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bose-vs-bowser)
- **Boer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boer-vs-bowser)
- **bowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowe-vs-bowser)
- **bowel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowel-vs-bowser)
- **Bowie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowie-vs-bowser)
- **Bowen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowen-vs-bowser)
- **Boise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boise-vs-bowser)
- **bowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowed-vs-bowser)
- **boner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boner-vs-bowser)
- **bower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bower-vs-bowser)
- **Bowes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowes-vs-bowser)
- **border** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/border-vs-bowser)
- **bother** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bother-vs-bowser)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bbowser`, `boswer`, `bowesr`, `bowserr`, `bowsre`, `bowsser`, `bowwser`, `bwoser`, `obwser`

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