Which to use
“yolk” and “yore” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,706
- “yolk” frequency rank
- #45,179
- “yore” frequency rank
- 72885
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | yolk | yore |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young. | A time long past. |
Where the eye mixes yolk and yore
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. yolk (VVCC) and yore (VVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: yolk vs yore
A purely visual mix-up. yolk (/jəʊk/) and yore (/jɔː/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72885, 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/. 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 72885, this pair ranks #41,500 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of yolk vs yore
Shared letters: oy. Private to "yolk": kl. Private to "yore": er.
"yolk" · 4 letters · shape VVCC · "yore" · 4 letters · shape VVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "yolk" and "yore" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "yolk" or "yore"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "yolk" 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 #41,500 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "yolk" 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 #41,500 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.