showery

/ˈʃaʊəɹi/

//ˈʃaʊəɹi// adj

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"showery" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“showery” is uncommon English (frequency #83,749 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,749
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Given to showers; having frequent rainfall.

Corpus desk

Index EN-showery · showery · English

showery · rank #83,749 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,749
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH shored

Nearest frequency peer: shored (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Frequency neighbourhood for “showery”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “showery” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for showery
PropertyValue
Headwordshowery
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ˈʃaʊəɹi/
Letters7
Frequency rank#83,749
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “showery” sits in English frequency

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).showerylands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “shored” (#83,748), “showoff” (#83,750), “sherriff” (#83,746). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

showery is uncommon English at frequency #83,749 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈʃaʊəɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

showery doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From shower + -y. The correct English form is showery, spelled S-H-O-W-E-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Given to showers; having frequent rainfall.
  2. 2
    Of or relating to a shower or showers.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how showery appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A gentleman goes forth on a showery and miry day. He returns immaculate in the evening with the gloss still on his hat and his boots.
  2. The sun came out after what had been a showery morning, allowing the celebration to take place in the garden.

Etymology

From shower + -y.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "showery"?
"showery" is spelled S-H-O-W-E-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈʃaʊəɹi/.
What does "showery" mean?
As an adjective, "showery" means: Given to showers; having frequent rainfall.
How do you pronounce "showery"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "showery" is /ˈʃaʊəɹi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "showery"?
From shower + -y. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "showery", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

showoff#83,750slacked#83,759souther#83,772screamo#83,725

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list