Vokes
"vokes" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Vokes” is uncommon English (frequency #94,416 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,416
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vokes · Vokes · English
Vokes · rank #94,416 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,416
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH voltmeter
Nearest frequency peer: voltmeter (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 “Vokes”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Vandana
Vandana
5,596 corpus weight
- vibrantly
vibrantly
5,591 corpus weight
- vier
vier
5,590 corpus weight
- Vokes
Vokes
5,585 corpus weight
- voltmeter
voltmeter
5,584 corpus weight
- wayfarers
wayfarers
5,576 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Vokes” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vokes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #94,416 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Vokes” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Vokes is uncommon English at frequency #94,416 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Vokes, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of Folk. The correct English form is Vokes, spelled V-O-K-E-S.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
Variant of Folk.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.