Which to use
“hoke” and “hole” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,982
- “hoke” frequency rank
- #2,206
- “hole” frequency rank
- 52188
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hoke | hole |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Alternative form of hook. | A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure. |
Where the eye mixes hoke and hole
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. hoke and hole follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: hoke vs hole
A purely visual mix-up. hoke (/hoʊk/) and hole (/həʊl/) 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 a single letter - k in “hoke” becomes l in “hole”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52188, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hoke is recorded at frequency rank #49,982, classified as anoun, pronounced /hoʊk/. hole is at rank #2,206, tagged as anoun, pronounced /həʊl/.
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 52188, this pair ranks #159,167 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hoke vs hole
Shared letters: eho. Private to "hoke": k. Private to "hole": l.
"hoke" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "hole" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hoke" for "hole" ever safe?
Frequency check: "hoke" vs "hole" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "hoke" and "hole" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "hoke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hole" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #159,167 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hoke" and "hole" 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 #159,167 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.