# slows vs sown

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### slows
*verb · IPA /slaːz/ · frequency rank #17,491*
third-person singular simple present indicative of slow

### sown
*verb · IPA /soʊn/ · frequency rank #30,976*
past participle of sow

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