Which to use
“shake” and “stoke” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,775
- “shake” frequency rank
- #35,293
- “stoke” frequency rank
- 60068
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | shake | stoke |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de shaker. | Chauffer en nourrissant un feu. |
Where the eye mixes shake and stoke
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. shake and stoke follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses shake with stoke
A purely visual mix-up. shake (\ʃɛk\) and stoke (\stəʊk\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60068, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
shake is recorded at frequency rank #24,775, classified as averb, pronounced \ʃɛk\. stoke is at rank #35,293, tagged as averb, pronounced \stəʊk\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 60068, this pair ranks #99,624 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of shake vs stoke
Shared letters: eks. Private to "shake": ah. Private to "stoke": ot.
"shake" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "stoke" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "shake" and "stoke" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "shake" or "stoke" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "shake" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stoke" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #99,624 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "shake" and "stoke" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "seok vs stoke". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #99,624 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.