# Odin

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈəʊ.dɪn/ · frequency rank #21,601

## Definitions
1. A major Germanic god, often described as chief of the pantheon, in his Norse form a member of the Æsir, married to Frigg and associated with knowledge, poetry and war. Wednesday refers to him by way of interpretatio germanica.
2. A mountain on Baffin Island, Canada.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Norse Óðinn (whence Icelandic Óðinn, Norwegian Nynorsk Oden), akin to Old High German Wodan and Old English Wōden. From Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz, derived from Proto-Germanic *wōdaz (“rage, manic inspiration, furor poeticus”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“to be excited”). Compare Old Norse óðr (“rage”) and Dutch woede (“rage”) and woeden (“to rage”), Irish fáidh, Latin vātēs. Doublet of Woden and Wotan. Related to English wode.

## Easily confused with
- **on** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odin-vs-on)
- **oi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odin-vs-oi)
- **own** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odin-vs-own)
- **oil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odin-vs-oil)
- **Ori** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odin-vs-ori)
- **oni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odin-vs-oni)
- **OSI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odin-vs-osi)
- **oui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odin-vs-oui)
- **OPI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odin-vs-opi)
- **oki** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odin-vs-oki)
- **omi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odin-vs-omi)
- **open** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odin-vs-open)
- **Ohio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odin-vs-ohio)
- **oven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odin-vs-oven)
- **Owen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odin-vs-owen)
- **odor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odin-vs-odor)
- **Otis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odin-vs-otis)
- **Oman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odin-vs-oman)
- **omen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odin-vs-omen)
- **omit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odin-vs-omit)

## Common misspellings (4)
`oddin`, `odinn`, `odni`, `oidn`

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