Mere vs Stow

Mere

name
  • A village and civil parish in northern Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7381). 

  • A small town and civil parish with a town council in south-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8132). 

  • A sub-municipality in East Flanders, Belgium. 

Stow

name
  • A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8881). 

  • A city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. 

  • A surname. 

  • A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. 

  • A small town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. 

  • A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4544). 

  • The alternative spelling of Stowe in Shropshire, England. 

How often have the words Mere and Stow occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )