# smoked vs spoke

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### smoked
*adjective · IPA /sməʊkt/ · frequency rank #8,093*
Of food, treated with smoke, often for flavor or as a method of preservation.

### spoke
*noun · IPA /spəʊk/ · frequency rank #2,465*
A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.

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