# rowed vs Rowley

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Rowley
*name · IPA /ˈɹaʊli/ · frequency rank #27,999*
A habitational surname from Old English from the English place name.

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