# showed

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈʃəʊd/ · frequency rank #1,468

## Definitions
1. simple past of show
2. past participle of show (alternative to shown)

## Easily confused with
- **shows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showed-vs-shows)
- **shown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showed-vs-shown)
- **shred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showed-vs-shred)
- **Stowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showed-vs-stowe)
- **showy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showed-vs-showy)
- **sowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showed-vs-sowed)
- **shower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showed-vs-shower)
- **slower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showed-vs-slower)
- **smoked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showed-vs-smoked)
- **slowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showed-vs-slowed)
- **stoned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showed-vs-stoned)
- **stoked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showed-vs-stoked)
- **skewed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showed-vs-skewed)
- **snowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showed-vs-snowed)
- **stowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showed-vs-stowed)
- **stewed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showed-vs-stewed)
- **show** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/show-vs-showed)
- **shoe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shoe-vs-showed)
- **shed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shed-vs-showed)
- **shoes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shoes-vs-showed)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hsowed`, `shhowed`, `shoewd`, `showde`, `showedd`, `showwed`, `shwoed`, `sohwed`, `sshowed`

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