# sown

> English word · Verb · IPA /soʊn/ · frequency rank #30,976

## Definitions
1. past participle of sow

## Etymology
Morphologically sow + -n.

## Easily confused with
- **SW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sown-vs-sw)
- **sun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sown-vs-sun)
- **sox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sown-vs-sox)
- **soy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sown-vs-soy)
- **syn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sown-vs-syn)
- **SSN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sown-vs-ssn)
- **spin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sown-vs-spin)
- **span** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sown-vs-span)
- **stan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sown-vs-stan)
- **swan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sown-vs-swan)
- **spun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sown-vs-spun)
- **stun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sown-vs-stun)
- **Sven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sown-vs-sven)
- **stow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sown-vs-stow)
- **soya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sown-vs-soya)
- **sworn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sown-vs-sworn)
- **spoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sown-vs-spoon)
- **spawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sown-vs-spawn)
- **Stowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sown-vs-stowe)
- **swoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sown-vs-swoon)

## Common misspellings (5)
`oswn`, `sownn`, `sowwn`, `ssown`, `swon`

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