# poker

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpoʊkɚ/ · frequency rank #7,483

## Definitions
1. A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick.
2. A tool like a soldering iron for making poker drawings.
3. One who pokes.
4. A kind of duck, the pochard.
5. A knife.

## Etymology
From poke + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **poor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poker-vs-poor)
- **pope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poker-vs-pope)
- **pole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poker-vs-pole)
- **pose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poker-vs-pose)
- **pour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poker-vs-pour)
- **pore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poker-vs-pore)
- **puke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poker-vs-puke)
- **Pyke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poker-vs-pyke)
- **power** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poker-vs-power)
- **polar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poker-vs-polar)
- **poles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poker-vs-poles)
- **posed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poker-vs-posed)
- **pores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poker-vs-pores)
- **pokes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poker-vs-pokes)
- **posey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poker-vs-posey)
- **poser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poker-vs-poser)
- **proper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poker-vs-proper)
- **Powers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poker-vs-powers)
- **powder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poker-vs-powder)
- **poster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poker-vs-poster)

## Common misspellings (7)
`opker`, `pkoer`, `poekr`, `pokerr`, `pokker`, `pokre`, `ppoker`

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