fower
/ˈfoʊ.ɚ/number, noun
fower is a number meaning “four” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-W-E-R and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 79 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fower mean?
number
- 1
four
noun
- 1
The digit 4 in the NATO phonetic alphabet.
- 2
obsoleteOne who cleans (fows), as in cooking utensils or house maintenance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fower?
- UK /ˈfəʊ.ə/
- /ˈfɑʊ.(w)ɐ/
- US /ˈfoʊ.ɚ/
Fower has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fower
- fowers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fower?
Fower appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd 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).
Where does fower come from?
From Middle English four, fower, from Old English fēower.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).