Which to use
“spoke” and “spore” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,465
- “spoke” frequency rank
- #29,101
- “spore” frequency rank
- 31566
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | spoke | spore |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim. | A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another. |
Where the eye mixes spoke and spore
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. spoke and spore follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: spoke vs spore
A purely visual mix-up. spoke (/spəʊk/) and spore (/spɔː(ɹ)/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - k in “spoke” becomes r in “spore”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31566, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
spoke is recorded at frequency rank #2,465, classified as anoun, pronounced /spəʊk/. spore is at rank #29,101, tagged as anoun, pronounced /spɔː(ɹ)/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 31566, this pair ranks #345,017 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of spoke vs spore
Shared letters: eops. Private to "spoke": k. Private to "spore": r.
"spoke" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "spore" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "spoke" and "spore" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "spoke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "spore" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #345,017 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "spoke" and "spore" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sone vs spore". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #345,017 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.