# obey vs Oder

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### obey
*verb · IPA /əʊˈbeɪ/ · frequency rank #9,219*
To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.

### Oder
*name · frequency rank #36,694*
A river in central Europe, that flows from the Czech Republic through Poland and Germany to the Baltic Sea.

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