# bowed

> English word · Verb · IPA /baʊd/ · frequency rank #18,773

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of bow

## Easily confused with
- **bowl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowed-vs-bowl)
- **Boyd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowed-vs-boyd)
- **bred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowed-vs-bred)
- **bows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowed-vs-bows)
- **boxes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowed-vs-boxes)
- **breed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowed-vs-breed)
- **bowls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowed-vs-bowls)
- **boxer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowed-vs-boxer)
- **bowel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowed-vs-bowel)
- **Bowie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowed-vs-bowie)
- **Bowen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowed-vs-bowen)
- **boxed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowed-vs-boxed)
- **bower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowed-vs-bower)
- **boyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowed-vs-boyer)
- **Bowes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowed-vs-bowes)
- **bowler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowed-vs-bowler)
- **bowled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowed-vs-bowled)
- **brewed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowed-vs-brewed)
- **bowels** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowed-vs-bowels)
- **Bowles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bowed-vs-bowles)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bbowed`, `boewd`, `bowde`, `bowedd`, `bowwed`, `bwoed`, `obwed`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bowed