# oars vs opus

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### oars
*noun · IPA /ɔːz/ · frequency rank #28,647*
plural of oar

### opus
*noun · IPA /ˈəʊpəs/ · frequency rank #23,619*
A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works.

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