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“haze” and “hoke” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,723
- “haze” frequency rank
- #49,982
- “hoke” frequency rank
- 66705
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | haze | hoke |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.) | Alternative form of hook. |
Where the eye mixes haze and hoke
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: haze vs hoke
A purely visual mix-up. haze (/heɪz/) and hoke (/hoʊk/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66705, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
haze is recorded at frequency rank #16,723, classified as anoun, pronounced /heɪz/. hoke is at rank #49,982, tagged as anoun, pronounced /hoʊk/.
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 66705, this pair ranks #66,767 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of haze vs hoke
Shared letters: eh. Private to "haze": az. Private to "hoke": ko.
"haze" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "hoke" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "haze" and "hoke" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "haze" or "hoke" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "haze" and "hoke" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "haze" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hoke" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,767 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "haze" and "hoke" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hoare vs hoke". 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 #66,767 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.