# show vs stew

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### stew
*noun · IPA /stʃʉː/ · frequency rank #15,516*
A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.

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