# obey vs omer

> 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.

### omer
*noun · IPA /ˈəʊmə/ · frequency rank #34,212*
A former small Hebrew unit of dry volume equal to about 2.3 L or 2.1 quarts.

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