# smoke

> English word · Noun · IPA /sməʊk/ · frequency rank #2,181

## Definitions
1. The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
2. A cigarette.
3. Anything to smoke (e.g. cigarettes, marijuana, etc.)
4. An instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc.; the duration of this act.
5. A fleeting illusion; something insubstantial, evanescent, unreal, transitory, or without result.
6. Something used to obscure or conceal; an obscuring condition; see also smoke and mirrors.
7. A light grey color tinted with blue.
8. Bother, trouble; problems; hassle.
9. Any cloud of solid particles or liquid vapor dispersed into the air; particularly one of:
10. Any cloud of solid particles or liquid vapor dispersed into the air; particularly one of:
11. Any cloud of solid particles or liquid vapor dispersed into the air; particularly one of:
12. A fastball.
13. A distinct column of smoke, such as indicating a burning area or fire.

## Etymology
From Middle English smoke, from Old English smoca (“smoke”), probably a derivative of the verb (see below). Related to Dutch smook (“smoke”), Middle Low German smôk (“smoke”), German Schmauch (“smoke (from a gun barrel)”).

## Easily confused with
- **soe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoke-vs-soe)
- **some** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoke-vs-some)
- **sole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoke-vs-sole)
- **sore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoke-vs-sore)
- **sook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoke-vs-sook)
- **sone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoke-vs-sone)
- **store** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoke-vs-store)
- **stone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoke-vs-stone)
- **spoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoke-vs-spoke)
- **snake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoke-vs-snake)
- **stole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoke-vs-stole)
- **stake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoke-vs-stake)
- **spike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoke-vs-spike)
- **stoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoke-vs-stoke)
- **stove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoke-vs-stove)
- **swore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoke-vs-swore)
- **smoky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoke-vs-smoky)
- **spore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoke-vs-spore)
- **Stowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoke-vs-stowe)
- **snore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoke-vs-snore)

## Common misspellings (7)
`msoke`, `smkoe`, `smmoke`, `smoek`, `smokke`, `somke`, `ssmoke`

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