# stroke vs Stroud

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Stroud
*name · IPA /stɹaʊd/ · frequency rank #34,305*
A surname.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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