# ode

> English word · Noun · IPA /oʊd/ · frequency rank #19,402

## Definitions
1. A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; especially, now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.

## Etymology
From Middle French ode, from Late Latin ōda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”). Doublet of Aoede.

## Easily confused with
- **of** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ode-vs-of)
- **on** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ode-vs-on)
- **or** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ode-vs-or)
- **OH** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ode-vs-oh)
- **OK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ode-vs-ok)
- **op** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ode-vs-op)
- **OS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ode-vs-os)
- **oz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ode-vs-oz)
- **OT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ode-vs-ot)
- **ou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ode-vs-ou)
- **OG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ode-vs-og)
- **oi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ode-vs-oi)
- **ow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ode-vs-ow)
- **oo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ode-vs-oo)
- **om** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ode-vs-om)
- **ox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ode-vs-ox)
- **OJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ode-vs-oj)
- **oy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ode-vs-oy)
- **ov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ode-vs-ov)
- **OE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ode-vs-oe)

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