# spoken

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈspəʊ.k(ə)n/ · frequency rank #3,336

## Definitions
1. Relating to speech.
2. Speaking in a specified way.
3. Of a language, produced by articulate sounds.

## Etymology
Morphologically spoke + -n.

## Easily confused with
- **spoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoken-vs-spoon)
- **stoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoken-vs-stoke)
- **spore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoken-vs-spore)
- **stolen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoken-vs-stolen)
- **stokes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoken-vs-stokes)
- **stoked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoken-vs-stoked)
- **sunken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoken-vs-sunken)
- **stoker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoken-vs-stoker)
- **smoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoke-vs-spoken)
- **spoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoke-vs-spoken)
- **spike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spike-vs-spoken)
- **smoked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoked-vs-spoken)
- **shaken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaken-vs-spoken)
- **smokes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smokes-vs-spoken)
- **smoker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smoker-vs-spoken)
- **smokey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smokey-vs-spoken)
- **spiked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spiked-vs-spoken)
- **spleen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spleen-vs-spoken)
- **silken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/silken-vs-spoken)
- **Spokane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spokane-vs-spoken)

## Common misspellings (9)
`psoken`, `sopken`, `spkoen`, `spoekn`, `spokenn`, `spokken`, `spokne`, `sppoken`, `sspoken`

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