# omer vs owed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### omer
*noun · IPA /ˈəʊmə/ · frequency rank #34,212*
A former small Hebrew unit of dry volume equal to about 2.3 L or 2.1 quarts.

### owed
*verb · IPA /oʊd/ · frequency rank #8,838*
simple past and past participle of owe

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