# Oma vs own

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Oma
*name · IPA /oʊ.mɑ/ · frequency rank #47,802*
A township in Gêrzê County, Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

### own
*adjective · IPA /əʊn/ · frequency rank #178*
Belonging to; possessed; acquired; proper to; property of; titled to; held in one's name; under/using the name of. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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