# Ott vs ou

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Ott
*name · IPA [ɔt] · frequency rank #16,244*
deutscher Familienname

### ou
*conjunction · IPA [u] · frequency rank #16,509*
oder

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