ofvsokWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: of is a preposition, ok is a num, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“of” is a preposition and “ok” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#324
“of” frequency rank
#603
“ok” frequency rank
927
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature of ok
Definition von acht (8)

Letter map: of vs ok

Shared letters muted; letters that set of and ok apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

2 ch
of
2 ch
ok

Part-of-speech tell for of / ok

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: of is apreposition and okanum. On the page they differ by a single letter - f in “of” becomes k in “ok”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 927, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

of is recorded at frequency rank #324, classified as aprep, pronounced […]. ok is at rank #603, tagged as anum, pronounced [ɔk].

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 927, this pair ranks #2,005,147 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of of vs ok

Shared letters: o. Private to "of": f. Private to "ok": k.

"of" · 2 letters · shape VC  ·  "ok" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "of" and "ok" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "of" is a preposition and "ok" a num, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "of" or "ok" show up more?
"of" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #324 in our German list, against #603 for "ok". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "of" vs "ok" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "of" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ok" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,005,147 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "of" and "ok" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "OGH vs ok". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #2,005,147 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list