# oka vs ow

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### oka
*noun · IPA /ˈɒkə/ · frequency rank #46,669*
A former Turkish, Egyptian, Hungarian, and Romanian unit of weight, usually of a little more than a kilogram.

### ow
*intj · IPA /ˈaʊ/ · frequency rank #12,291*
Synonym of ouch (“cry of pain”).

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