# show vs sow

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### show
*verb · IPA /ʃəʊ/ · frequency rank #199*
To display, to have somebody see (something).

### sow
*noun · IPA /saʊ/ · frequency rank #17,722*
A female pig.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/show-vs-sow