# Oates vs oats

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Oates
*name · IPA /əʊts/ · frequency rank #28,648*
A surname.

### oats
*noun · IPA /əʊts/ · frequency rank #17,193*
plural of oat

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