# snows vs stow

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### 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.

### stow
*noun · IPA /stoʊ/ · frequency rank #26,977*
A place, stead.

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