# tobe vs toke

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### tobe
*noun · IPA /təʊb/ · frequency rank #49,100*
A cotton garment worn in parts of northern Africa.

### toke
*noun · IPA /təʊk/ · frequency rank #40,056*
A gratuity.

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