Which to use
“stokes” is a verb and “stoned” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,945
- “stokes” frequency rank
- #47,755
- “stoned” frequency rank
- 92700
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stokes | stoned |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs stoke | unter Drogeneinfluss stehend, durch Drogen berauscht |
Letter map: stokes vs stoned
Shared letters muted; letters that set stokes and stoned apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. stokes and stoned follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for stokes / stoned
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: stokes is averb and stonedanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92700, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stokes is recorded at frequency rank #44,945, classified as averb, pronounced […]. stoned is at rank #47,755, tagged as anadj, pronounced [stɔʊ̯nt].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 92700, this pair ranks #27,906 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of stokes vs stoned
Shared letters: eost. Private to "stokes": k. Private to "stoned": dn.
"stokes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "stoned" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Pair "stokes" vs "stoned" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "stokes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stoned" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,906 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stokes" and "stoned" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs stokes". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #27,906 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.