Which to use
“stoked” and “stooped” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,360
- “stoked” frequency rank
- #49,653
- “stooped” frequency rank
- 66013
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stoked | stooped |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of stoke | simple past and past participle of stoop |
Where the eye mixes stoked and stooped
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. stoked runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against stooped's 7 (CCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses stoked with stooped
A purely visual mix-up. stoked (/stoʊkt/) and stooped (/stuːpt/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66013, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stoked is recorded at frequency rank #16,360, classified as averb, pronounced /stoʊkt/. stooped is at rank #49,653, tagged as averb, pronounced /stuːpt/.
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 66013, this pair ranks #70,035 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of stoked vs stooped
Shared letters: deost. Private to "stoked": k. Private to "stooped": p.
"stoked" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "stooped" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "stoked" for "stooped" ever safe?
Which is more common, "stoked" or "stooped"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "stoked" and "stooped" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "stoked" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stooped" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,035 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stoked" and "stooped" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stooge vs stooped". 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 #70,035 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.