# opus vs Otis

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### opus
*noun · IPA /ˈəʊpəs/ · frequency rank #23,619*
A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works.

### Otis
*name · IPA /ˈoʊtɪs/ · frequency rank #16,987*
A surname transferred from the given name, notably of the American revolutionary hero James Otis and the innovator and industrialist Elisha Otis.

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