scourer
/ˈskaʊɹəɹ/noun
scourer is spelled S-C-O-U-R-E-R: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, scourer means “A tool used to scour, usually used to clean cookware” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of scourer is scourers.
How many letters and syllables are in scourer?
| Letters | 7: S-C-O-U-R-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 74 million words; the 272,462nd 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 scourer?
Scourer appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd 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 scourer?
- UK /ˈskaʊɹə/
- US /ˈskaʊɹəɹ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-scourer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with scourer?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as scourer (/aʊɹəɹ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: courser, sourcer.
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 scourer
- scourers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scourer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A tool used to scour, usually used to clean cookware.
A scourer may be in the form of a mesh (ball) of wires, a flat piece of a rough fabric, or a pad with a soft sponge-like side and a more abrasive side.
- 2
Agent noun of scour; a person who scours.
- 3
obsoleteA rover or footpad; a prowling robber.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does scourer come from?
From Middle English scourer, skourer, scowrrere, equivalent to scour + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).