Speak - Speke

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You may not easily confuse the homophones speak and Speke (both pronounced as monosyllables with the long '-e-', 'speek', IPA: /spiːk/, but they do exist, and AWE records them.

  • Speak is the common verb meaning 'to express by words [usually aloud]'.
  • Speke is a proper noun. It may be
    • a place-name