# yore vs Yorke

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### yore
*noun · IPA /jɔː/ · frequency rank #45,179*
A time long past.

### Yorke
*name · frequency rank #33,916*
Obsolete spelling of York: a city in North Yorkshire, England.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yore-vs-yorke