cowan
co·wan/ˈkəʊən/noun
cowan is spelled C-O-W-A-N: 5 letters and 2 syllables (co·wan). It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cowan means “A worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an apprenticeship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cowan is cowans; Wiktionary also lists cowanis (obsolete).
How many letters and syllables are in cowan?
| Letters | 5: C-O-W-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: co·wan |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,965th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 cowan?
Cowan appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th 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 cowan?
- UK /ˈkəʊən/
As a noun (“A fishing-boat”): /ˈkaʊən/.
Cowan has 2 syllables, split co·wan in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-cowan.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cowan?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cowan from its last stressed vowel (/əʊən/, British pronunciation):
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 cowan
- cowans plural
- kowan
- cowen
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cowan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an apprenticeship.
- 2
A person who attempts to pass himself off as a Freemason without having experienced the rituals or going through the degrees.
- 3
slangA sneak; an inquisitive or prying person.
- 4
Uninitiated, outside, “profane”.
- 5
ScotlandobsoleterareA fishing-boat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cowan come from?
First attested in 1598.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).