# sewer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈs(j)uːə/ · frequency rank #12,324

## Definitions
1. A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **sewn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sewer-vs-sewn)
- **super** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sewer-vs-super)
- **swear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sewer-vs-swear)
- **sheer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sewer-vs-sheer)
- **sober** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sewer-vs-sober)
- **steer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sewer-vs-steer)
- **sexes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sewer-vs-sexes)
- **skier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sewer-vs-skier)
- **sneer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sewer-vs-sneer)
- **speer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sewer-vs-speer)
- **sowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sewer-vs-sowed)
- **shower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sewer-vs-shower)
- **slower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sewer-vs-slower)
- **skewed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sewer-vs-skewed)
- **sexier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sewer-vs-sexier)
- **skewer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sewer-vs-skewer)
- **stewed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sewer-vs-stewed)
- **see** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/see-vs-sewer)
- **ser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ser-vs-sewer)
- **sew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sew-vs-sewer)

## Common misspellings (7)
`eswer`, `seewr`, `sewerr`, `sewre`, `sewwer`, `ssewer`, `sweer`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sewer