# dots vs dow

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### dots
*noun · frequency rank #10,200*
Alternative form of dotty (“shotgun”).

### dow
*verb · IPA /daʊ/ · frequency rank #12,409*
To be worth.

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