# ou vs ox

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### ox
*noun · IPA [ɒks] · frequency rank #44,121*
der Ochse

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