hosier
/ˈhəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/noun
hosier is spelled H-O-S-I-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hosier means “One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hosier is hosiers.
How many letters and syllables are in hosier?
| Letters | 6: H-O-S-I-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 102,771st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 hosier?
Hosier appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st 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 hosier?
- UK /ˈhəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/
- UK /ˈhəʊ.ʒɪə(ɹ)/
- UK /ˈhəʊ.zə(ɹ)/
Hosier has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-hosier.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with hosier?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as hosier from its last stressed vowel (/əʊʒə/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: horsie.
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 hosier
- hosiers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hosier mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose.
William Blake's father was a hosier.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does hosier come from?
From Middle English hosiere; equivalent to hose + -ier.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).