# blown vs bows

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### blown
*adjective · IPA /bləʊn/ · frequency rank #5,009*
Distended, swollen, or inflated.

### bows
*noun · IPA /baʊz/ · frequency rank #14,902*
plural of bow

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/blown-vs-bows