# Oboe vs once

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Oboe
*noun · IPA [oˈboːə] · frequency rank #36,534*
Holzblasinstrument mit Doppelrohrblatt

### once
*num · IPA [wʌns] · frequency rank #22,086*
ein einziges Mal

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