# smoked vs spoken

> 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.

### spoken
*adjective · IPA /ˈspəʊ.k(ə)n/ · frequency rank #3,336*
Relating to speech.

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