Which to use
“yolk” and “yolks” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,706
- “yolk” frequency rank
- #36,021
- “yolks” frequency rank
- 63727
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | yolk | yolks |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young. | plural of yolk |
Where the eye mixes yolk and yolks
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. yolk runs 4 letters (VVCC) against yolks's 5 (VVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: yolk vs yolks
A purely visual mix-up. yolk (/jəʊk/) and yolks (/jəʊks/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “yolk” sits inside “yolks”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63727, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
yolk is recorded at frequency rank #27,706, classified as anoun, pronounced /jəʊk/. yolks is at rank #36,021, tagged as anoun, pronounced /jəʊks/.
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 63727, this pair ranks #81,392 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of yolk vs yolks
Shared letters: kloy. Private to "yolk": -. Private to "yolks": s.
"yolk" · 4 letters · shape VVCC · "yolks" · 5 letters · shape VVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "yolk" and "yolks" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "yolk" vs "yolks" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "yolk" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "yolks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #81,392 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "yolk" and "yolks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "yolks vs you's". 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 #81,392 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.