OrsvsourWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Ors is a noun, our is a determiner, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Ors” is a noun and “our” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,807
“Ors” frequency rank
#76
“our” frequency rank
47883
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Ors our
Definition plural of other (others) used in case citations. Belonging to us, excluding the person(s) being addressed (exclusive our).

Letter map: Ors vs our

Shared letters muted; letters that set Ors and our apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Ors (VCC) and our (VVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

3 ch
Ors
3 ch
our

Part-of-speech tell for Ors / our

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Ors is anoun and ouradeterminer. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47883, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Ors is recorded at frequency rank #47,807, classified as anoun. our is at rank #76, tagged as adet, pronounced /ˈaʊə(ɹ)/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 47883, this pair ranks #198,282 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Ors vs our

Shared letters: or. Private to "Ors": s. Private to "our": u.

"Ors" · 3 letters · shape VCC  ·  "our" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Ors" and "our" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Ors" is a noun and "our" a determiner, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Ors" or "our"?
"our" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #76 in our English list, against #47,807 for "Ors". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "Ors" and "our". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Ors" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "our" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #198,282 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Ors" and "our" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "omi vs Ors". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #198,282 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list