# gow vs grow

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### gow
*noun · IPA /ɡaʊ/ · frequency rank #42,161*
Opium.

### grow
*verb · IPA /ɡɹəʊ/ · frequency rank #1,344*
To become larger, to increase in magnitude.

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