Which to use
“stoke” and “stood” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,775
- “stoke” frequency rank
- #2,645
- “stood” frequency rank
- 13420
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stoke | stood |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To poke, pierce, thrust. | simple past and past participle of stand |
Where the eye mixes stoke and stood
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses stoke with stood
A purely visual mix-up. stoke (/stəʊk/) and stood (/stʊd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13420, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stoke is recorded at frequency rank #10,775, classified as averb, pronounced /stəʊk/. stood is at rank #2,645, tagged as averb, pronounced /stʊd/.
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 13420, this pair ranks #475,928 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of stoke vs stood
Shared letters: ost. Private to "stoke": ek. Private to "stood": d.
"stoke" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "stood" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "stoke" and "stood" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "stoke" or "stood"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "stoke" and "stood" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "stoke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stood" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #475,928 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stoke" and "stood" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stoke vs stover". 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 #475,928 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.