# woke vs works

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### works
*noun · IPA /wɜːks/ · frequency rank #522*
plural of work in its countable senses

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