Which to use
“bakes” is a verb and “blokes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,135
- “bakes” frequency rank
- #26,700
- “blokes” frequency rank
- 66835
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bakes | blokes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | third-person singular simple present indicative of bake | plural of bloke |
Where the eye mixes bakes and blokes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between bakes and blokes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bakes is /beɪks/ while blokes is /bləʊks/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66835, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bakes is recorded at frequency rank #40,135, classified as averb, pronounced /beɪks/. blokes is at rank #26,700, tagged as anoun, pronounced /bləʊks/.
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 66835, this pair ranks #66,189 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of bakes vs blokes
Shared letters: beks. Private to "bakes": a. Private to "blokes": lo.
"bakes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "blokes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bakes" and "blokes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "bakes" or "blokes"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "bakes" and "blokes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bakes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blokes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,189 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bakes" and "blokes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bails vs bakes". 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 #66,189 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.