The word "sowders" is spelled with the combination of letters "ow" and "d". The phonetic transcription for "sowders" is /ˈsaʊ.dərz/. The "ow" sound is pronounced like the diphthong "au" (as in "house"), and the "d" is pronounced normally. "Sowders" is a less common spelling of "solders", which describes the act of joining two pieces of metal together by melting and flowing a filler metal into the joint. Both spellings are accepted, but "solders" is the more widely recognized version.