# stove vs stow

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### 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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