# snowstorm

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsnəʊstɔːm/ · frequency rank #33,425

## Definitions
1. Bad weather involving blowing winds and snow, or blowing winds and heavy snowfall amount.
2. A snow globe.

## Etymology
From earlier snow-storm, snow storm, equivalent to snow + storm. Compare Scots snawstorm (“snowstorm”), Saterland Frisian Sneestoarm (“snowstorm”), West Frisian sniestoarm (“snowstorm”), Dutch sneeuwstorm (“snowstorm”), German Low German Sneestorm (“snowstorm”), German Schneesturm (“snowstorm”), Danish snestorm (“snowstorm”), Swedish snöstorm (“snowstorm”), Icelandic snjóstormur (“snowstorm”). Compare also Middle English storm of snow (“snowstorm”).

## Common misspellings (15)
`nsowstorm`, `snnowstorm`, `snoswtorm`, `snowsotrm`, `snowsstorm`, `snowstomr`, `snowstormm`, `snowstorrm`, `snowstrom`, `snowsttorm`, `snowtsorm`, `snowwstorm`, `snwostorm`, `sonwstorm`, `ssnowstorm`

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