# orb vs ou

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### orb
*noun · IPA /ɔɹb/ · frequency rank #20,723*
A spherical body; a sphere, especially one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star

### ou
*noun · IPA /ˈəʊ.uː/ · frequency rank #10,099*
A probably extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea.

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