# ou vs ours

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### ours
*pronoun · IPA /ˈaʊəz/ · frequency rank #5,527*
That or those belonging to us.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ou-vs-ours