# snowy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈsnəʊi/ · frequency rank #15,913

## Definitions
1. Marked by snow; characterized by snow.
2. Covered with snow; snow-covered; besnowed.
3. Snow-white in color, white as snow.

## Etymology
From Middle English snowy, snawy, from Old English snāwiġ. By surface analysis, snow + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **soy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snowy-vs-soy)
- **sow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snowy-vs-sow)
- **Sony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snowy-vs-sony)
- **stow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snowy-vs-stow)
- **sown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snowy-vs-sown)
- **story** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snowy-vs-story)
- **stony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snowy-vs-stony)
- **Stowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snowy-vs-stowe)
- **show** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/show-vs-snowy)
- **slow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slow-vs-snowy)
- **snow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snow-vs-snowy)
- **snob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snob-vs-snowy)
- **snot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snot-vs-snowy)
- **shows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shows-vs-snowy)
- **shown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shown-vs-snowy)
- **snoop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snoop-vs-snowy)
- **slows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slows-vs-snowy)
- **smoky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoky-vs-snowy)
- **snout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snout-vs-snowy)
- **snort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snort-vs-snowy)

## Common misspellings (8)
`nsowy`, `snnowy`, `snowwy`, `snowyy`, `snoyw`, `snwoy`, `sonwy`, `ssnowy`

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