shower

/\ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ)\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#49,360

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

shower is aFrenchnoun. It means: Douche. Pronounced \ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ)\. Often confused with shows and soler.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of shower in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for shower is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ)\. Corpus data places it at rank #49,360 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for shower, with forms such as "hsower", "shhower", and "shoewr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is shower, spelled S-H-O-W-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hsower,shhower,shoewr,showerr,showre,showwer,shwoer,sohwer,sshower

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for shower

Misspelling Variants of "shower"

hsower6shhower7shoewr6showerr7showre6showwer7shwoer6sohwer6
Misspelling Variants of "shower"

Frequency rank: #49,360 in French

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.