# smokes vs stoker

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### smokes
*noun · IPA /sməʊks/ · frequency rank #16,132*
plural of smoke

### stoker
*noun · IPA /ˈstoʊkɚ/ · frequency rank #35,537*
A person who stokes, especially one on a steamship or steam train, who stokes coal in the boilers.

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