sewage
/ˈsu.ɪd͡ʒ/noun
sewage is spelled S-E-W-A-G-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sewage means “A suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sewage is sewages.
How many letters and syllables are in sewage?
| Letters | 6: S-E-W-A-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 13,897th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is sewage?
Sewage appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th 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 sewage?
- UK /ˈsuː.ɪd͡ʒ/
- US /ˈsu.ɪd͡ʒ/
Sewage 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-sewage.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sewage
- sewages plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sewage mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed.
Untreated sewage can pollute rivers.
- 2
obsoleteSewerage (sewer system).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sewage in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense suspension of water and waste:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | eaux usées |
| German | Abwasser |
| Portuguese | esgoto |
| Spanish | aguas residuales, agua cloacal, lodo cloacal, desagüe |
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 sewage come from?
From sewer (“system of pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage”) + -age or from sew (“to drain or draw off water”) + -age.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).