# Oates vs ones

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### ones
*noun · IPA /wʌnz/ · frequency rank #909*
plural of one

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
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