Which to use
“our” is a determiner and “OWS” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #76
- “our” frequency rank
- #48,950
- “OWS” frequency rank
- 49026
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | our | OWS |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Belonging to us, excluding the person(s) being addressed (exclusive our). | Initialism of Occupy Wall Street: a protest movement that began in 2011 in New York City's Wall Street financial district, primarily opposing social and economic inequality, greed, corruption and the influence of corporations on government. |
Letter map: our vs OWS
Shared letters muted; letters that set our and OWS apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for our / OWS
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: our is adeterminer and OWSaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49026, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
our is recorded at frequency rank #76, classified as adet, pronounced /ˈaʊə(ɹ)/. OWS is at rank #48,950, tagged as aname.
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 49026, this pair ranks #187,541 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of our vs OWS
Shared letters: o. Private to "our": ru. Private to "OWS": sw.
"our" · 3 letters · shape VVC · "OWS" · 3 letters · shape VCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "our" and "OWS" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "our" or "OWS" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "our" and "OWS".
- Full dictionary entry for "our" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "OWS" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #187,541 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "our" and "OWS" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "omi vs OWS". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #187,541 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.