# onus vs owns

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### owns
*verb · IPA /əʊnz/ · frequency rank #5,071*
third-person singular simple present indicative of own

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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