stockésvsstokeWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“stockés” and “stoke” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#27,246
“stockés” frequency rank
#35,293
“stoke” frequency rank
62539
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature stockés stoke
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de stocker. Chauffer en nourrissant un feu.

Where the eye mixes stockés and stoke

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. stockés runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against stoke's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
stockés
5 ch
stoke

Visual trap between stockés and stoke

A purely visual mix-up. stockés (\sto.ke\) 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 differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62539, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

stockés is recorded at frequency rank #27,246, classified as averb, pronounced \sto.ke\. 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 62539, this pair ranks #86,555 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of stockés vs stoke

Shared letters: kost. Private to "stockés": cé. Private to "stoke": e.

"stockés" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "stoke" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • stoke ← sotke · sstoke · stkoe · stoek · stokke · sttoke · tsoke

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "stockés" for "stoke" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\sto.ke\ versus \stəʊk\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "stockés" or "stoke"?
"stockés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,246 in our French list, against #35,293 for "stoke". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "stockés" and "stoke" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "stockés" 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 #86,555 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "stockés" 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 #86,555 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list