# showed vs stowed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### stowed
*verb · IPA /stəʊd/ · frequency rank #37,710*
simple past and past participle of stow

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