# ons vs own

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### ons
*pronoun · frequency rank #30,227*
Erste Person plural : unser

### own
*adjective · IPA [əʊn] · frequency rank #19,664*
eigen

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