Which to use
“bloke” and “blokes” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,865
- “bloke” frequency rank
- #26,700
- “blokes” frequency rank
- 40565
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bloke | blokes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street. | plural of bloke |
Where the eye mixes bloke and blokes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. bloke runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against blokes's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: bloke vs blokes
A purely visual mix-up. bloke (/bləʊk/) and blokes (/bləʊks/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “bloke” sits inside “blokes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40565, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bloke is recorded at frequency rank #13,865, classified as anoun, pronounced /bləʊk/. 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 40565, this pair ranks #266,403 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bloke vs blokes
Shared letters: beklo. Private to "bloke": -. Private to "blokes": s.
"bloke" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "blokes" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bloke" for "blokes" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "bloke" or "blokes" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "bloke" 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 #266,403 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bloke" and "blokes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blokes vs bodes". 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 #266,403 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.