# joke vs jolt

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### joke
*noun · IPA /d͡ʒəʊk/ · frequency rank #2,117*
An amusing story.

### jolt
*verb · IPA /d͡ʒɒlt/ · frequency rank #28,265*
To push or shake abruptly and roughly.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/joke-vs-jolt