# ou vs own

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/ou-vs-own