# waka vs woke

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### waka
*noun · frequency rank #39,159*
A kind of classical Japanese poem.

### woke
*adjective · IPA /wəʊk/ · frequency rank #4,999*
Awake: conscious and not asleep.

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