weer
/wiː.ɚ/adjective, noun
weer is spelled W-E-E-R: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 103,949th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, weer means “comparative form of wee: more wee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in weer?
| Letters | 4: W-E-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 103,949th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 weer?
Weer appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 103,949th 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 weer?
- UK /wiː.ə/
- US /wiː.ɚ/
Weer has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-weer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with weer?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as weer from its last stressed vowel (/iəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: were, ewer.
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 weer
- weerer comparative
- weerest superlative
- weers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does weer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
comparative form of wee: more wee
- 2
obsoleteTrue; correct.
noun
- 1
UKcolloquialSomeone who wees; a urinator.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does weer come from?
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).