# Oates

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /əʊts/ · frequency rank #28,648

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Reynolds County, Missouri, United States.

## Etymology
* As an English and Irish surname of Norman origin, from Old Norman Ode, Odes, from the Germanic name Audo, shortened from compound names containing the element *aud (“wealth”). See also Ott.
* As an Irish and Manx surname, from Ó Cuirc or Mac Cuirc and mistakenly associated with coirce (“oats”). See Quirk.

## Easily confused with
- **OTS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oates-vs-ots)
- **ones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oates-vs-ones)
- **oath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oates-vs-oath)
- **Otis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oates-vs-otis)
- **oats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oates-vs-oats)
- **ores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oates-vs-ores)
- **often** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oates-vs-often)
- **outer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oates-vs-outer)
- **otter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oates-vs-otter)
- **oaths** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oates-vs-oaths)
- **ovate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oates-vs-ovate)
- **oat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oat-vs-oates)
- **OAS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oas-vs-oates)
- **oaks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oaks-vs-oates)
- **oars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oars-vs-oates)
- **oasis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oasis-vs-oates)
- **Oakes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oakes-vs-oates)

## Common misspellings (6)
`aotes`, `oaets`, `oatess`, `oatse`, `oattes`, `otaes`

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