Snow storm or snowstorm?
snow storm is a noun meaning “Alternative form of snowstorm”; snowstorm is a noun meaning “Bad weather involving blowing winds and snow, or blowing winds and heavy…”. snow storm is written as two words and snowstorm as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between snow storm and snowstorm?
| snow storm | snowstorm | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun |
| Meaning | Alternative form of snowstorm | Bad weather involving blowing winds and snow, or blowing winds and heavy snowfall amount A snow globe |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Forms | none | snowstorms |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /ˈsnəʊstɔːm/ |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | about once in every 1 million words |
Sources: snow storm and snowstorm in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of snow storm and snowstorm
snow storm
- 1
Alternative form of snowstorm
snowstorm
- 1
Bad weather involving blowing winds and snow, or blowing winds and heavy snowfall amount
- 2
A snow globe
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, snow storm or snowstorm?
snow storm is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; snowstorm about once in every 1 million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).