# stole vs stow

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### stole
*verb · IPA /stəʊl/ · frequency rank #5,087*
simple past of steal

### 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.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stole-vs-stow