# stoke vs Stones

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### stoke
*verb · IPA /stəʊk/ · frequency rank #10,775*
To poke, pierce, thrust.

### Stones
*name · frequency rank #4,273*
A surname.

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