# only

> German word · Adjective · IPA [ˈəʊnli] · frequency rank #7,971

## Definitions
1. einzige

## Easily confused with
- **owl** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/only-vs-owl)
- **ons** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/only-vs-ons)
- **ONO** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/only-vs-ono)
- **Oslo** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/only-vs-oslo)
- **on** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/on-vs-only)
- **Öl** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/ol-vs-only)
- **one** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/one-vs-only)
- **old** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/old-vs-only)
- **OLG** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/olg-vs-only)
- **oil** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/oil-vs-only)
- **öle** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/ole-vs-only)
- **oli** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/oli-vs-only)
- **Ola** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/ola-vs-only)
- **okay** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/okay-vs-only)
- **Olli** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/olli-vs-only)
- **olle** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/olle-vs-only)
- **once** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/once-vs-only)
- **ones** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/ones-vs-only)

## Common misspellings (6)
`noly`, `olny`, `onlly`, `onlyy`, `onnly`, `onyl`

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