# smoked vs sowed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### smoked
*adjective · IPA /sməʊkt/ · frequency rank #8,093*
Of food, treated with smoke, often for flavor or as a method of preservation.

### sowed
*verb · IPA /səʊd/ · frequency rank #47,920*
simple past and past participle of sow

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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