sewer
sew·er/ˈsuɚ/noun, verb
sewer is spelled S-E-W-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables (sew·er). It appears 4.4 times per million words in written English, the 12,216th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sewer means “A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sewer is sewers.
How many letters and syllables are in sewer?
| Letters | 5: S-E-W-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: sew·er |
| In writing | 4.4 times per million words; the 12,216th 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; 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 sewer?
Sewer appears 4.4 times per million words in written English, the 12,216th 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 sewer?
- UK /ˈs(j)uːə/
- US /ˈsuɚ/
As a noun (“One who sews”): /ˈsəʊə/, /ˈsoʊɚ/.
Sewer has 2 syllables, split sew·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-sewer.ogg, En-us-sewer.ogg, En-au-sewer.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sewer?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sewer from its last stressed vowel (/uəɹ/):
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 sewer
- sewers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- sewering participle, present
- sewered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sewer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
There was a blockage in the sewer after an item of clothing was flushed down the toilet.
- 2
An official in charge of a princely household, also responsible for the ceremonial task of attending at dinners, seating the guests and serving dishes.
His nephew Charles, meanwhile, had grown up in the royal household, working as a sewer, or waiter.
- 3
One who sews.
- 4
A small tortricid moth, the larva of which sews together the edges of a leaf using silk.
the apple-leaf sewer, Ancylis nubeculana
verb
- 1
To provide (a place) with a system of sewers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sewer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | égout , couturier, couturière |
| German | Kanalisation, Abwasserkanal , Näher, Näherin |
| Portuguese | esgoto , costureiro |
| Spanish | alcantarilla, cloaca, alcantarillado, albañal, desagüe, albollón |
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 sewer come from?
From Middle English sewer, seuer, from Anglo-Norman sewere (“water-course”), from Old French sewiere (“overflow channel for a fishpond”), from Vulgar Latin *exaquāria (“drain for carrying water off”), from Latin ex (“out of, from”) + aquāria (“of or pertaining to waters”) or from a root *exaquāre.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).