# joke vs jute

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### jute
*noun · IPA /d͡ʒuːt/ · frequency rank #37,530*
The coarse, strong fibre of the East Indian plants, Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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