# blew vs BTW

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### blew
*verb · IPA /bl(j)uː/ · frequency rank #5,859*
simple past of blow

### BTW
*prep_phrase · frequency rank #6,443*
Initialism of by the way.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blew-vs-btw