# oi vs ou

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### oi
*intj · IPA /ɔɪ/ · frequency rank #11,081*
Said to get someone's attention; hey.

### ou
*noun · IPA /ˈəʊ.uː/ · frequency rank #10,099*
A probably extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea.

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