Which to use
“odour” is a noun and “our” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,518
- “odour” frequency rank
- #76
- “our” frequency rank
- 30594
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | odour | our |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | British standard spelling of odor. | Belonging to us, excluding the person(s) being addressed (exclusive our). |
Letter map: odour vs our
Shared letters muted; letters that set odour and our apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. odour runs 5 letters (VCVVC) against our's 3 (VVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: odour vs our
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: odour is anoun and ouradeterminer. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “our” sits inside “odour”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30594, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
odour is recorded at frequency rank #30,518, classified as anoun. our is at rank #76, tagged as adet, pronounced /ˈaʊə(ɹ)/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 30594, this pair ranks #353,294 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of odour vs our
Shared letters: oru. Private to "odour": d. Private to "our": -.
"odour" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC · "our" · 3 letters · shape VVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- odour ← doour · oddour · odoru · odourr · oduor · oodur
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "odour" and "our" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "odour" vs "our" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "odour" and "our".
- Full dictionary entry for "odour" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "our" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #353,294 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "odour" and "our" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "odious vs odour". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #353,294 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.