Which to use
“Yoko” is a name and “yore” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,360
- “Yoko” frequency rank
- #45,179
- “yore” frequency rank
- 69539
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Yoko | yore |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A female given name from Japanese. | A time long past. |
Letter map: Yoko vs yore
Shared letters muted; letters that set Yoko and yore apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Yoko and yore follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - Yoko and yore
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Yoko is aname and yoreanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69539, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Yoko is recorded at frequency rank #24,360, classified as aname. yore is at rank #45,179, tagged as anoun, pronounced /jɔː/.
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 69539, this pair ranks #54,132 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Yoko vs yore
Shared letters: oy. Private to "Yoko": k. Private to "yore": er.
"Yoko" · 4 letters · shape VVCV · "yore" · 4 letters · shape VVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Yoko" and "yore" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "Yoko" or "yore" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "Yoko" vs "yore" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Yoko" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "yore" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,132 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Yoko" and "yore" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "yore vs yoyo". 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 #54,132 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.