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plumber

UK /ˈplʌm.ə/noun, verb

plumber is spelled P-L-U-M-B-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, plumber means “One who works in or with lead” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of plumber is plumbers.

How many letters and syllables are in plumber?

Letters7: P-L-U-M-B-E-R
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing2.3 times per million words; the 18,064th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 plumber?

Plumber appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th 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 plumber?

  • British /ˈplʌm.ə/
  • /ˈplʊm.ə/
  • /ˈplʌm.əɾ/

Plumber has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-plumber.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with plumber?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as plumber from its last stressed vowel (/ʌmə/, 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 plumber

  • plumber ]
  • plumbers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • plumbering participle, present
  • plumbered participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does plumber mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    datedOne who works in or with lead.

  2. 2

    One who furnishes, fits, and repairs pipes and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage.

    Mario and Luigi's profession is plumbers.

  3. 3

    slangA person who investigates or prevents leaks of information.

  4. 4

    UKinformalIn the Royal Navy, an apprentice, a boy aged 16 to 18, who is trained in technical skills at the Dockyard Schools to become an artificer.

  5. 5

    derogatoryslangA urologist.

verb

  1. 1

    USslangTo botch or ruin.

  2. 2

    informalrareTo work as a plumber.

  3. 3

    informalrareTo work on (something) as a plumber.

  4. 4

    rareslangTo do, work, devise (something).

  5. 5

    informalrareTo equip (something) with plumbing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you abbreviate plumber?

Wiktionary records one abbreviation of plumber: plbr..

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Plumber in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchplombeur (one who works in lead), plombier, tuyauteur, homme à pipe (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or…)
GermanBleiarbeiter, Bleiarbeiterin (one who works in lead), Klempner, Klempnerin, Installateur, Spengler (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or…)
Portuguesechumbeiro (one who works in lead), encanador, canalizador (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or…)
Spanishplomero (one who works in lead), fontanero, gásfiter, gasfitero, tubero (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or…)

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 plumber come from?

From Middle English plumber, from Old French plummier (French plombier); from Latin plumbārius, from plumbum (“lead or lead shot”). The verb sense “to botch” is perhaps from the negative stereotype of the occupation.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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