Which to use
“OAS” is a name and “ours” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,377
- “OAS” frequency rank
- #5,527
- “ours” frequency rank
- 49904
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | OAS | ours |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Initialism of Organization of American States. | That or those belonging to us. |
Letter map: OAS vs ours
Shared letters muted; letters that set OAS and ours apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. OAS runs 3 letters (VVC) against ours's 4 (VVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for OAS / ours
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: OAS is aname and oursapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49904, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
OAS is recorded at frequency rank #44,377, classified as aname. ours is at rank #5,527, tagged as apron, pronounced /ˈaʊəz/.
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 49904, this pair ranks #179,203 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of OAS vs ours
Shared letters: os. Private to "OAS": a. Private to "ours": ru.
"OAS" · 3 letters · shape VVC · "ours" · 4 letters · shape VVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ours ← orus · ourrs · ourss · ousr · uors
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "OAS" for "ours" ever safe?
Frequency check: "OAS" vs "ours" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "OAS" and "ours". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "OAS" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ours" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #179,203 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "OAS" and "ours" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "OAS vs omi". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #179,203 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.