# shown

> English word · Verb · IPA /ʃəʊn/ · frequency rank #1,354

## Definitions
1. past participle of show

## Etymology
From Middle English schauen, schewen (past participle), alternative form of schawid, schewed, past participle of Middle English schewen (“to show”). Morphologically equivalent to show + -n.

## Easily confused with
- **son** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shown-vs-son)
- **sow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shown-vs-sow)
- **soon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shown-vs-soon)
- **slow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shown-vs-slow)
- **snow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shown-vs-snow)
- **shun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shown-vs-shun)
- **stow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shown-vs-stow)
- **Sion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shown-vs-sion)
- **sown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shown-vs-sown)
- **shows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shown-vs-shows)
- **sworn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shown-vs-sworn)
- **spoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shown-vs-spoon)
- **snowy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shown-vs-snowy)
- **Sloan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shown-vs-sloan)
- **slows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shown-vs-slows)
- **spawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shown-vs-spawn)
- **snows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shown-vs-snows)
- **Stowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shown-vs-stowe)
- **swoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shown-vs-swoon)
- **showy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shown-vs-showy)

## Common misspellings (8)
`hsown`, `shhown`, `shonw`, `shownn`, `showwn`, `shwon`, `sohwn`, `sshown`

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