# yoke

> English word · Noun · IPA /jəʊk/ · frequency rank #25,982

## Definitions
1. Senses relating to a frame around the neck.
2. Senses relating to a frame around the neck.
3. Senses relating to a frame around the neck.
4. Senses relating to a frame around the neck.
5. Senses relating to a frame around the neck.
6. Senses relating to a frame around the neck.
7. Senses relating to a frame around the neck.
8. Senses relating to a frame around the neck.
9. Senses relating to a frame around the neck.
10. Senses relating to a frame around the neck.
11. Senses relating to a frame around the neck.
12. Senses relating to a frame around the neck.
13. Senses relating to a frame around the neck.
14. Senses relating to a frame around the neck.
15. Senses relating to a frame around the neck.
16. Senses relating to a pair of harnessed draught animals.
17. Senses relating to a pair of harnessed draught animals.
18. Senses relating to a pair of harnessed draught animals.
19. Senses relating to a pair of harnessed draught animals.
20. Senses relating to a pair of harnessed draught animals.
21. Senses relating to a pair of harnessed draught animals.
22. Senses relating to quantities, and other extended uses.
23. Senses relating to quantities, and other extended uses.
24. Senses relating to quantities, and other extended uses.
25. Senses relating to quantities, and other extended uses.

## Etymology
From Middle English yok, yoke, ȝok from Old English ġeoc (“yoke”), from Proto-Germanic *juką (“yoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm (“yoke”), from *yewg- (“to join; to tie together, yoke”). Doublet of yuga, jugum, yoga and possibly yogh.
Senses 3.1 (“area of arable land”) and 3.2 (“amount of work done with draught animals”) probably referred to the area of land that could generally be ploughed by yoked draught animals within a given time.

## Easily confused with
- **you** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yoke-vs-you)
- **yoo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yoke-vs-yoo)
- **yon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yoke-vs-yon)
- **yue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yoke-vs-yue)
- **yow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yoke-vs-yow)
- **yuk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yoke-vs-yuk)
- **your** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yoke-vs-your)
- **york** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yoke-vs-york)
- **yong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yoke-vs-yong)
- **Yoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yoke-vs-yoon)
- **Yoko** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yoke-vs-yoko)
- **Yuki** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yoke-vs-yuki)
- **yolk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yoke-vs-yolk)
- **YOLO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yoke-vs-yolo)
- **yous** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yoke-vs-yous)
- **Yule** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yoke-vs-yule)
- **yore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yoke-vs-yore)
- **yoyo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yoke-vs-yoyo)
- **Yorke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yoke-vs-yorke)
- **yolks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yoke-vs-yolks)

## Common misspellings (5)
`oyke`, `ykoe`, `yoek`, `yokke`, `yyoke`

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