# Os vs own

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Os
*noun · IPA [oːs] · frequency rank #6,701*
wallförmige Sedimentation von Schotter und Sand unterhalb oder in Spalten von Gletschern

### 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/os-vs-own