# dow

> English word · Verb · IPA /daʊ/ · frequency rank #12,409

## Definitions
1. To be worth.
2. To thrive, prosper.

## Etymology
From Middle English douen, from Old English dugan, from Proto-West Germanic *dugan, from Proto-Germanic *duganą.

## Easily confused with
- **Dr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dow-vs-dr)
- **DS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dow-vs-ds)
- **DT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dow-vs-dt)
- **DP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dow-vs-dp)
- **dw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dow-vs-dw)
- **Dx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dow-vs-dx)
- **DV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dow-vs-dv)
- **dy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dow-vs-dy)
- **DQ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dow-vs-dq)
- **due** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dow-vs-due)
- **dry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dow-vs-dry)
- **DVD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dow-vs-dvd)
- **duo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dow-vs-duo)
- **dug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dow-vs-dug)
- **dye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dow-vs-dye)
- **dub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dow-vs-dub)
- **duh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dow-vs-duh)
- **Dre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dow-vs-dre)
- **DUI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dow-vs-dui)
- **dun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dow-vs-dun)

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