rowel
/ˈɹoʊəl/noun, verb
rowel is spelled R-O-W-E-L: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rowel means “A small spiked wheel on the end of a spur of certain types” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rowel is rowels.
How many letters and syllables are in rowel?
| Letters | 5: R-O-W-E-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 54 million words; the 228,409th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 rowel?
Rowel appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th 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 rowel?
- /ˈɹoʊəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-rowel.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rowel?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as rowel.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lower, owler.
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 rowel
- rowels plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- rowell
- roweling US, participle, present
- rowelling UK, participle, present
- roweled US, participle, past
- rowelled UK, participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rowel mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small spiked wheel on the end of a spur of certain types.
- 2
A little flat ring or wheel on a horse's bit.
- 3
A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of a horse in the manner of a seton in human surgery.
verb
- 1
To use a rowel on (something), especially to drain fluid.
- 2
To fit with spurs.
- 3
To apply the spur to.
to rowel a horse
- 4
To incite; to goad.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rowel in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense small spiked wheel on the end of a spur:
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 rowel come from?
From Middle English rowel, rowell, rowelle, from Old French roel, roiele (compare modern French rouelle), from Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rotella.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).