rower
/ˈɹəʊ.ə(ɹ)/noun
rower is spelled R-O-W-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rower means “One who rows” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rower is rowers.
How many letters and syllables are in rower?
| Letters | 5: R-O-W-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,070th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 rower?
Rower appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th 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 rower?
- UK /ˈɹəʊ.ə(ɹ)/
Rower 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-rower.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-rower.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rower?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as rower from its last stressed vowel (/əʊə/, 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 rower
- rowers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rower mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who rows.
- 2
A rowing machine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rower in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who rows a boat:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | rameur |
| German | Ruderer |
| Portuguese | remador, remeiro |
| Spanish | remero, remador, boga, bogador, alier (desus.) |
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 rower come from?
From Middle English rower, rowere, roware, equivalent to row + -er. Cognate with Dutch roeier (“rower”), Danish roer (“rower”), Norwegian roer (“rower”). Compare also Old English rōwend (“rower”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).