okivsourWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: oki is a intj, our is a determiner, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“oki” is an intj and “our” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,391
“oki” frequency rank
#76
“our” frequency rank
48467
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature oki our
Definition Alternative form of OK. Belonging to us, excluding the person(s) being addressed (exclusive our).

Letter map: oki vs our

Shared letters muted; letters that set oki and our apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
oki
3 ch
our

Role in the sentence - oki and our

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: oki is anintj and ouradeterminer. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48467, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

oki is recorded at frequency rank #48,391, classified as anintj. 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 48467, this pair ranks #192,819 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of oki vs our

Shared letters: o. Private to "oki": ik. Private to "our": ru.

"oki" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "our" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "oki" for "our" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "oki" is an intj and "our" a determiner, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "oki" vs "our" - which ranks higher?
"our" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #76 in our English list, against #48,391 for "oki". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "oki" and "our".

  • Full dictionary entry for "oki" 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 #192,819 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "oki" and "our" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oki vs omi". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #192,819 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list