# bloke vs bowe

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bloke
*noun · IPA /bləʊk/ · frequency rank #13,865*
A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street.

### bowe
*verb · frequency rank #42,557*
Obsolete spelling of bow.

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