# owed vs Owens

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### owed
*verb · IPA /oʊd/ · frequency rank #8,838*
simple past and past participle of owe

### Owens
*name · frequency rank #12,470*
A surname transferred from the given name.

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