# ochre

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈəʊkə/ · frequency rank #42,303

## Definitions
1. A clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide.
2. A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour.
3. The stop codon sequence "UAA".
4. Money, especially gold.
5. Any of various brown-coloured hesperiid butterflies of the genus Trapezites.

## Etymology
From Old French ocre and its source Latin ōchra, from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra, “pale yellow”), from ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale, ocher”) (modern Greek ωχρός (ochrós)).

## Easily confused with
- **ore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ochre-vs-ore)
- **OCR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ochre-vs-ocr)
- **ogre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ochre-vs-ogre)
- **ombre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ochre-vs-ombre)
- **och** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/och-vs-ochre)
- **Ochoa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ochoa-vs-ochre)

## Common misspellings (6)
`occhre`, `ocher`, `ochhre`, `ochrre`, `ocrhe`, `ohcre`

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