# shown vs sow

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shown-vs-sow