weaver
/ˈwi.vɚ/noun
weaver is spelled W-E-A-V-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.0 times per million words in written English, the 12,940th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, weaver means “A person who weaves; especially, one who weaves cloth for a living” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of weaver is weavers.
How many letters and syllables are in weaver?
| Letters | 6: W-E-A-V-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.0 times per million words; the 12,940th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is weaver?
Weaver appears 4.0 times per million words in written English, the 12,940th 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 weaver?
- UK /ˈwiː.və(ɹ)/
- US /ˈwi.vɚ/
Weaver 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-weaver.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-weaver.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with weaver
Sounds like: weever (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with weaver?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as weaver from its last stressed vowel (/ivəɹ/):
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 weaver
- weavers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does weaver mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who weaves; especially, one who weaves cloth for a living.
- 2
A horizontal strand of material used in basket weaving.
- 3
A weaverbird.
- 4
An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus.
- 5
Any of certain spider species, such as the sheet weaver or the funnel weaver, so named because they spin interesting and characteristic webs.
- 6
Any of certain fish of the family Pinguipedidae.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Weaver in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tisserand, tisserande, tisseur, tisseuse , tisserin |
| German | Weber, Weberin , Webervogel |
| Portuguese | tecelão, tecelã |
| Spanish | tejedor, tejedora |
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 weaver come from?
From Middle English wevere, wever, from Old English *wefere, *wifre, *wæfre (“weaver”, in compounds), from Proto-West Germanic *webārī. By surface analysis, weave + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Weeuwer (“weaver”), Dutch wever (“weaver”), German Low German Wever (“weaver”), German Weber (“weaver”), Swedish vävare (“weaver”), Icelandic vefari (“weaver”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).