# Stowe

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #32,197

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A place in England:
3. A place in England:
4. A place in England:
5. A place in England:
6. A place in England:
7. A place in the United States:
8. A place in the United States:
9. A place in the United States:
10. A place in the United States:

## Etymology
From Middle English stowe, from Old English stōw (“place”).

## Easily confused with
- **style** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stowe-vs-style)
- **swore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stowe-vs-swore)
- **stroke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stowe-vs-stroke)
- **strode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stowe-vs-strode)
- **stowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stowe-vs-stowed)
- **strobe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stowe-vs-strobe)
- **strove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stowe-vs-strove)
- **sow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sow-vs-stowe)
- **soe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soe-vs-stowe)
- **some** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/some-vs-stowe)
- **show** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/show-vs-stowe)
- **stop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stop-vs-stowe)
- **slow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slow-vs-stowe)
- **snow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snow-vs-stowe)
- **sole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sole-vs-stowe)
- **shoe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shoe-vs-stowe)
- **sore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sore-vs-stowe)
- **stew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stew-vs-stowe)
- **stow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stow-vs-stowe)
- **sown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sown-vs-stowe)

## Common misspellings (7)
`sotwe`, `sstowe`, `stoew`, `stowwe`, `sttowe`, `stwoe`, `tsowe`

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