Which to use
“stoke” and “stoppé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,293
- “stoke” frequency rank
- #20,284
- “stoppé” frequency rank
- 55577
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stoke | stoppé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chauffer en nourrissant un feu. | Participe passé masculin singulier de stopper. |
Where the eye mixes stoke and stoppé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. stoke runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against stoppé's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: stoke vs stoppé
A purely visual mix-up. stoke (\stəʊk\) and stoppé (\stɔ.pe\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55577, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stoke is recorded at frequency rank #35,293, classified as averb, pronounced \stəʊk\. stoppé is at rank #20,284, tagged as averb, pronounced \stɔ.pe\.
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 55577, this pair ranks #126,584 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of stoke vs stoppé
Shared letters: ost. Private to "stoke": ek. Private to "stoppé": pé.
"stoke" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "stoppé" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- stoke ← sotke · sstoke · stkoe · stoek · stokke · sttoke · tsoke
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "stoke" and "stoppé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "stoke" or "stoppé" 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 "stoke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stoppé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #126,584 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stoke" and "stoppé" 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 #126,584 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.