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showerhead

noun

showerhead is spelled S-H-O-W-E-R-H-E-A-D: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, showerhead means “A perforated nozzle that showers water on a bather, sometimes in adjustable patterns” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of showerhead is showerheads.

How many letters and syllables are in showerhead?

Letters10: S-H-O-W-E-R-H-E-A-D
In writingabout once in every 9 million words; the 91,522nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is showerhead?

Showerhead appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd 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).

Words people confuse with showerhead

Also written: shower head (one word or two).

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Forms of showerhead

  • showerheads plural
  • shower head

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does showerhead mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A perforated nozzle that showers water on a bather, sometimes in adjustable patterns.

  2. 2

    A part of a coffeemaker for dispersing water evenly over the grounds.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Showerhead in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense perforated nozzle that showers water on a bather:

LanguageWords
Frenchpommeau
GermanDuschkopf
Portuguesechuveiro
Spanishalcachofa, duchero, roseta, flor

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 showerhead come from?

From shower + head.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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