# onus vs oust

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### oust
*verb · IPA /aʊst/ · frequency rank #31,281*
To expel; to remove.

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