# onus vs ours

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### onus
*noun · IPA /ˈəʊnəs/ · frequency rank #29,402*
A legal obligation.

### ours
*pronoun · IPA /ˈaʊəz/ · frequency rank #5,527*
That or those belonging to us.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/onus-vs-ours