# oni vs Ovid

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### oni
*noun · IPA /ˈəʊni/ · frequency rank #36,267*
A Japanese evil spirit or demon.

### Ovid
*name · IPA /ˈɒvɪd/ · frequency rank #41,799*
A 1st century BC Roman poet.

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