owner
own·er/ˈoʊnɚ/noun
owner is spelled O-W-N-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables (own·er). It appears 68 times per million words in written English, the 1,562nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, owner means “One who owns something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of owner is owners.
How many letters and syllables are in owner?
| Letters | 5: O-W-N-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: own·er |
| In writing | 68 times per million words; the 1,562nd 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 owner?
Owner appears 68 times per million words in written English, the 1,562nd 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 owner?
- US /ˈoʊnɚ/
- UK /ˈəʊnə/
Owner has 2 syllables, split own·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-owner.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with owner?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as owner from its last stressed vowel (/oʊnəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rowen.
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 owner
- owners plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does owner mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who owns something.
The police recovered the stolen car and returned it to its owner.
- 2
slangThe captain of a ship.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Owner in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who owns:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | propriétaire |
| German | Inhaber, Besitzer, Besitzerin, Eigentümer, Eigentümerin |
| Portuguese | proprietário, dono |
| Spanish | dueño |
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.
Where does owner come from?
Inherited from Middle English ouner, from Old English āgnere. By surface analysis, own + -er, though etymologically own is a back-formation from owner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).