evoke
/ɪˈvoʊk/verb
evoke is spelled E-V-O-K-E: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “evoke vs invoke” about 8,100 times a month (Google, United States). As a verb, evoke means “To call out; to draw out or bring forth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in evoke?
| Letters | 5: E-V-O-K-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,356th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is evoke?
Evoke appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce evoke?
- UK /ɪˈvəʊk/
- US /ɪˈvoʊk/
Evoke has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-evoke.ogg, En-au-evoke.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with evoke
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with evoke?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as evoke from its last stressed vowel (/oʊk/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of evoke
- evokes present, singular, he/she/it
- evoking participle, present
- evoked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does evoke mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To call out; to draw out or bring forth.
- 2
To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.
Being here evokes long forgotten memories.
- 3
To elicit a response.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Evoke in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to cause the manifestation of:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | évoquer, remémorer |
| German | hervorrufen, heraufbeschwören |
| Portuguese | evocar |
| Spanish | evocar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does evoke come from?
From French évoquer, from Latin ēvocō (“to call out, summon”), from ex (“out”) and vocō (“call”). Akin to voice.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).