# rowed vs Rowena

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### rowed
*verb · IPA /ɹəʊd/ · frequency rank #38,141*
simple past and past participle of row

### Rowena
*name · frequency rank #43,353*
A female given name from the Germanic languages.

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