snoke

verb

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"snoke" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“snoke” is uncommon English (frequency #98,732 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,732
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - To sniff or smell; to sniff at; to poke around sniffing with the nose.

Corpus desk

Index EN-snoke · snoke · English

snoke · rank #98,732 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,732
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH smithing

Nearest frequency peer: smithing (-1 rank slots)

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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Frequency neighbourhood for “snoke”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “snoke” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 2, 2026
Key facts for snoke
PropertyValue
Headwordsnoke
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters5
Frequency rank#98,732
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “snoke” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). snoke lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

snoke is uncommon English at frequency #98,732 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for snoke, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English snoken, from Old Norse *snoka, from Proto-Germanic *snukōną (“to snuff, snuffle, sniff out”), from Proto-Germanic *snuk-. The correct English form is snoke, spelled S-N-O-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    To sniff or smell; to sniff at; to poke around sniffing with the nose.
  2. 2
    To sneak about; to spy on; to snoop.
  3. 3
    To snort contemptuously; to scorn, despise.

Etymology

From Middle English snoken, from Old Norse *snoka, from Proto-Germanic *snukōną (“to snuff, snuffle, sniff out”), from Proto-Germanic *snuk-.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "snoke"?
"snoke" is spelled S-N-O-K-E.
What does "snoke" mean?
As a verb, "snoke" means: To sniff or smell; to sniff at; to poke around sniffing with the nose.
What is the origin of the word "snoke"?
From Middle English snoken, from Old Norse *snoka, from Proto-Germanic *snukōną (“to snuff, snuffle, sniff out”), from Proto-Germanic *snuk-. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "snoke", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list