# shown vs snows

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### shown
*verb · IPA /ʃəʊn/ · frequency rank #1,354*
past participle of show

### snows
*noun · IPA /snəʊz/ · frequency rank #30,234*
One or both regions of the Earth where it snows the year round; the Arctic and/or Antarctic.

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