# ones vs only

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ones
*noun · IPA /wʌnz/ · frequency rank #909*
plural of one

### only
*adjective · IPA /ˈəʊn.li/ · frequency rank #79*
Alone in a category.

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