# spoke

> English word · Noun · IPA /spəʊk/ · frequency rank #2,465

## Definitions
1. A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.
2. A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
3. A rung of a ladder.
4. A stick inserted into the wheel of a vehicle to keep the wheel from turning.
5. One of the outlying points in a hub-and-spoke model of transportation.

## Etymology
From Middle English spoke, from Old English spāca, from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, from Proto-Germanic *spaikǭ. Compare Scots spaik (“spoke”), Dutch spaak and English spike.

## Easily confused with
- **spot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoke-vs-spot)
- **store** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoke-vs-store)
- **stone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoke-vs-stone)
- **sport** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoke-vs-sport)
- **spots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoke-vs-spots)
- **stole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoke-vs-stole)
- **stake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoke-vs-stake)
- **spoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoke-vs-spoon)
- **stoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoke-vs-stoke)
- **stove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoke-vs-stove)
- **spree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoke-vs-spree)
- **swore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoke-vs-swore)
- **spout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoke-vs-spout)
- **spoof** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoke-vs-spoof)
- **spore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoke-vs-spore)
- **Stowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoke-vs-stowe)
- **spook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoke-vs-spook)
- **spool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoke-vs-spool)
- **spoken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoke-vs-spoken)
- **stroke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoke-vs-stroke)

## Common misspellings (7)
`psoke`, `sopke`, `spkoe`, `spoek`, `spokke`, `sppoke`, `sspoke`

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