# oars vs owns

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### owns
*verb · IPA /əʊnz/ · frequency rank #5,071*
third-person singular simple present indicative of own

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