# sewed vs sowed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sewed
*verb · IPA /ˈsoʊd/ · frequency rank #33,413*
simple past and past participle of sew

### sowed
*verb · IPA /səʊd/ · frequency rank #47,920*
simple past and past participle of sow

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