# piles vs pokes

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### piles
*noun · IPA /paɪlz/ · frequency rank #13,213*
plural of pile

### pokes
*verb · IPA /pəʊks/ · frequency rank #32,127*
third-person singular simple present indicative of poke

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piles-vs-pokes