# spike vs stoke

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### spike
*noun · IPA \spajk\ · frequency rank #21,474*
Potentiel de pointe, potentiel d'action.

### stoke
*verb · IPA \stəʊk\ · frequency rank #35,293*
Chauffer en nourrissant un feu.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/spike-vs-stoke