# Oban vs OBE

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Oban
*name · IPA /ˈəʊbən/ · frequency rank #48,935*
A town in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NM8530).

### OBE
*noun · frequency rank #30,156*
Initialism of Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

## Source
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