# our vs own

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### our
*determiner · IPA /ˈaʊə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #76*
Belonging to us, excluding the person(s) being addressed (exclusive our).

### own
*adjective · IPA /əʊn/ · frequency rank #178*
Belonging to; possessed; acquired; proper to; property of; titled to; held in one's name; under/using the name of. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.

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