# ought vs oust

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ought
*verb · IPA /ɔːt/ · frequency rank #3,966*
simple past of owe

### oust
*verb · IPA /aʊst/ · frequency rank #31,281*
To expel; to remove.

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