# ochre vs OCR

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ochre
*noun · IPA /ˈəʊkə/ · frequency rank #42,303*
A clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide.

### OCR
*name · frequency rank #37,602*
Initialism of Oxford, Cambridge & RSA (examination board).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ochre-vs-ocr