# OAS vs Oates

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### OAS
*name · frequency rank #44,377*
Initialism of Organization of American States.

### 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/oas-vs-oates