# Oakes vs Oates

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Oakes
*name · frequency rank #41,280*
A suburban area of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE112341).

### Oates
*name · IPA /əʊts/ · frequency rank #28,648*
A surname.

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