# smoky vs spooky

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### smoky
*adjective · IPA /ˈsmoʊki/ · frequency rank #18,957*
Filled with smoke.

### spooky
*adjective · IPA /ˈspuːki/ · frequency rank #14,420*
Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural.

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