Which to use
“yoke” is a noun and “Yorke” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,982
- “yoke” frequency rank
- #33,916
- “Yorke” frequency rank
- 59898
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | yoke | Yorke |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Senses relating to a frame around the neck. | Obsolete spelling of York: a city in North Yorkshire, England. |
Letter map: yoke vs Yorke
Shared letters muted; letters that set yoke and Yorke apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. yoke runs 4 letters (VVCV) against Yorke's 5 (VVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for yoke / Yorke
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: yoke is anoun and Yorkeaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59898, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
yoke is recorded at frequency rank #25,982, classified as anoun, pronounced /jəʊk/. Yorke is at rank #33,916, tagged as aname.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 59898, this pair ranks #103,403 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of yoke vs Yorke
Shared letters: ekoy. Private to "yoke": -. Private to "Yorke": r.
"yoke" · 4 letters · shape VVCV · "Yorke" · 5 letters · shape VVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "yoke" for "Yorke" ever safe?
Which is more common, "yoke" or "Yorke"?
After this comparison
Pair "yoke" vs "Yorke" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "yoke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Yorke" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #103,403 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "yoke" and "Yorke" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "yore vs Yorke". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #103,403 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.