Which to use
“ours” is a pronoun and “OWS” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,527
- “ours” frequency rank
- #48,950
- “OWS” frequency rank
- 54477
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ours | OWS |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | That or those belonging to us. | 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: ours vs OWS
Shared letters muted; letters that set ours and OWS apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: ours vs OWS
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ours is apronoun and OWSaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54477, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ours is recorded at frequency rank #5,527, classified as apron, pronounced /ˈaʊəz/. 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 54477, this pair ranks #140,817 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ours vs OWS
Shared letters: os. Private to "ours": ru. Private to "OWS": w.
"ours" · 4 letters · shape VVCC · "OWS" · 3 letters · shape VCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ours ← orus · ourrs · ourss · ousr · uors
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ours" for "OWS" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ours" vs "OWS" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "ours" and "OWS". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ours" 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 #140,817 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ours" and "OWS" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "omi vs OWS". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #140,817 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.