# oil vs only

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### oil
*noun · IPA [ɔɪl] · frequency rank #22,841*
Öl

### only
*adjective · IPA [ˈəʊnli] · frequency rank #7,971*
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## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/oil-vs-only