# oat vs oka

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### oat
*noun · IPA /əʊt/ · frequency rank #32,946*
Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa.

### oka
*noun · IPA /ˈɒkə/ · frequency rank #46,669*
A former Turkish, Egyptian, Hungarian, and Romanian unit of weight, usually of a little more than a kilogram.

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