smoke

/[sməʊk]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,824

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

smoke is aGermannoun. It means: Rauch von etwas Brennendem Pronounced [sməʊk]. Often confused with some and sole.

Key facts for smoke
PropertyValue
Headwordsmoke
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sməʊk]
Letters5
Frequency rank#33,824
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of smoke in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for smoke is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sməʊk]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,824 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Rauch von etwas Brennendem".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for smoke, with forms such as "msoke", "smkoe", and "smmoke". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "some", "sole", "sone", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is smoke, spelled S-M-O-K-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rauch von etwas Brennendem

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: msoke,smkoe,smmoke,smoek,smokke,somke,ssmoke

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for smoke

Misspelling Variants of "smoke"

msoke5smkoe5smmoke6smoek5smokke6somke5ssmoke6
Misspelling Variants of "smoke"

Frequency rank: #33,824 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "smoke"?
"smoke" is spelled S-M-O-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is [sməʊk].
What does "smoke" mean?
As a noun, "smoke" means: Rauch von etwas Brennendem
What words are commonly confused with "smoke"?
"smoke" is commonly confused with "some", "sole", "sone". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "smoke"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "smoke" is [sməʊk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "smoke" come from?
"smoke" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.