# stole vs stroke

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### stole
*verb · IPA /stəʊl/ · frequency rank #5,087*
simple past of steal

### stroke
*noun · IPA /stɹəʊk/ · frequency rank #4,555*
An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.

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