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"ods" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“ods” is uncommon English (frequency #55,621 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,621
frequency rank, English
1,431
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - God's

Corpus desk

Index EN-ods · ods · English

ods · rank #55,621 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,621
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,431
  • PHOTO-FINISH objectified

Nearest frequency peer: objectified (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “ods”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “ods” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ods
PropertyValue
Headwordods
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechInterjection
Letters3
Frequency rank#55,621
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “ods” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).odsfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “objectified” (#55,620), “Oligocene” (#55,622), “nutcase” (#55,619). Among 1,431 “O” headwords, “ods” is #55,621. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ods is uncommon English at frequency #55,621 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "God's".

Zero misspellings are on record for ods in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is ods, spelled O-D-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    God's

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ods appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ods bodikin.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ods"?
"ods" is spelled O-D-S.
What does "ods" mean?
As an interjection, "ods" means: God's
What language does "ods" come from?
"ods" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ods", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list