# stolen vs stove

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### stolen
*verb · IPA /ˈstəʊ.ln̩/ · frequency rank #3,586*
past participle of steal

### stove
*noun · IPA /stəʊv/ · frequency rank #11,128*
A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the warming of a room.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stolen-vs-stove