# showed vs stoned

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### showed
*verb · IPA /ˈʃəʊd/ · frequency rank #1,468*
simple past of show

### stoned
*verb · IPA /stəʊnd/ · frequency rank #15,518*
simple past and past participle of stone

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