# Oban vs Oma

> 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).

### Oma
*name · IPA /oʊ.mɑ/ · frequency rank #47,802*
A township in Gêrzê County, Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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