# bowed vs Bowes

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bowed
*verb · IPA /baʊd/ · frequency rank #18,773*
simple past and past participle of bow

### Bowes
*name · frequency rank #41,534*
plural of Bowe

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