o'svsokiWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: o's is a noun, oki is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“o's” is a noun and “oki” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,902
“o's” frequency rank
#48,391
“oki” frequency rank
79293
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature o's oki
Definition plural of the letter o Alternative form of OK.

Letter map: o's vs oki

Shared letters muted; letters that set o's and oki apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. o's runs 2 letters (VC) against oki's 3 (VCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
o's
3 ch
oki

Grammar separator: o's vs oki

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: o's is anoun and okianintj. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79293, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

o's is recorded at frequency rank #30,902, classified as anoun, pronounced /əʊz/. oki is at rank #48,391, tagged as anintj.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 79293, this pair ranks #22,466 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of o's vs oki

Shared letters: o. Private to "o's": s. Private to "oki": ik.

"o's" · 2 letters · shape VC  ·  "oki" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "o's" and "oki" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "o's" is a noun and "oki" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "o's" or "oki"?
"o's" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,902 in our English list, against #48,391 for "oki". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "o's" and "oki". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "o's" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "oki" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,466 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "o's" and "oki" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oki vs omi". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #22,466 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list