# snows

> English word · Noun · IPA /snəʊz/ · frequency rank #30,234

## Definitions
1. One or both regions of the Earth where it snows the year round; the Arctic and/or Antarctic.
2. Clipping of snow tires.
3. A woman's pale-coloured breasts.

## Etymology
From snow + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum and regular plurals of nouns; and the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs).

## Easily confused with
- **sow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snows-vs-sow)
- **SOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snows-vs-sos)
- **SNS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snows-vs-sns)
- **sons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snows-vs-sons)
- **sobs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snows-vs-sobs)
- **sous** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snows-vs-sous)
- **stow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snows-vs-stow)
- **sown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snows-vs-sown)
- **so's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snows-vs-so-s)
- **stops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snows-vs-stops)
- **spots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snows-vs-spots)
- **snowy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snows-vs-snowy)
- **Stowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snows-vs-stowe)
- **stews** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snows-vs-stews)
- **show** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/show-vs-snows)
- **slow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slow-vs-snows)
- **snow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snow-vs-snows)
- **snob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snob-vs-snows)
- **snot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snot-vs-snows)
- **SNES** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snes-vs-snows)

## Common misspellings (8)
`nsows`, `snnows`, `snosw`, `snowss`, `snowws`, `snwos`, `sonws`, `ssnows`

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