# dowd vs drown

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### dowd
*noun · IPA /daʊd/ · frequency rank #32,781*
A dowdy person, especially a woman; a frump.

### drown
*verb · IPA /dɹaʊn/ · frequency rank #11,534*
To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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