# OTC vs ou

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### OTC
*adjective · frequency rank #23,621*
Initialism of over-the-counter.

### 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: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/otc-vs-ou