shower

\ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ)\

/\ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ)\/ noun

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The verdict

“shower” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,360. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,360
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Douche.

Corpus desk

Index FR-shower · shower · French

shower · rank #49,360 · 9 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,360
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sexologue

Nearest frequency peer: sexologue (-2 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « shower »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « shower » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

shower vs shows
67% similar
shower vs soler
67% similar
shower vs stoner
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for shower
PropertyValue
Headwordshower
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ)\
Letters6
Frequency rank#49,360
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « shower »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).showerse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sexologue » (#49,358), « singularités » (#49,362), « seum » (#49,357). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « shower » est au #49,360. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around shower (IPA \ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ)\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,360 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for shower, with forms such as "hsower", "shhower", and "shoewr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "shows", "soler", "stoner", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is shower, spelled S-H-O-W-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Douche.
  2. 2
    Averse ; giboulée.
  3. 3
    Pluie (de confettis, de coups,...).
  4. 4
    Douche.
  5. 5
    Célébration où l’on amène des cadeaux en l’honneur d’une future maman (baby shower) ou d’une future mariée (bridal shower) ; réception-cadeaux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The shower needs to be cleaned.
  2. I didn't have a chance to take a shower this morning.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hsower
  • shhower
  • shoewr
  • showerr
  • showre
  • showwer
  • shwoer
  • sohwer
  • sshower

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of shower - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hsower2shhower1shoewr2showerr1showre2showwer1shwoer2sohwer2
Edit distance from "shower"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "shower"?
"shower" is spelled S-H-O-W-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ)\.
What does "shower" mean?
As a noun, "shower" means: Douche.
What words are commonly confused with "shower"?
"shower" is commonly confused with "shows", "soler", "stoner". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "shower"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "shower" is \ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ)\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "shower" come from?
"shower" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schmid#49,354sorgho#49,366Sénart#49,382tender#49,393

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

sauvette9 variantsstalles9 variantsSuffolk9 variantsrainier9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list