weever
/ˈwi.vɚ/noun
weever is spelled W-E-E-V-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, weever means “Any of the usually brown fish in family Trachinidae, which catch prey by burying themselves in the sand and snatching them as they go past” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of weever is weevers.
How many letters and syllables are in weever?
| Letters | 6: W-E-E-V-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 50 million words; the 220,118th 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; 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 weever?
Weever appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th 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 weever?
- UK /ˈwiː.və/
- US /ˈwi.vɚ/
Weever has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with weever
Sounds like: weaver (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with weever?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as weever 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 weever
- weevers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does weever mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of the usually brown fish in family Trachinidae, which catch prey by burying themselves in the sand and snatching them as they go past.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Weever in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fish of Trachinidae:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vive |
| German | Petermännchen |
| Portuguese | peixe-aranha |
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 weever come from?
From Middle English *wever, from Old Northern French wivre (“serpent”), from Latin vīpera. Doublet of wyvern and viper.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).