oga
/ˈəʊ.ɡə/
"oga" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“oga” is uncommon English (frequency #86,590 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,590
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A chief, employer, or superior.
Corpus desk
Index EN-oga · oga · English
oga · rank #86,590 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,590
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH officious
Nearest frequency peer: officious (-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 “oga”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- obviousness
obviousness
13,418 corpus weight
- ODP
ODP
13,415 corpus weight
- officious
officious
13,412 corpus weight
- oga
oga
13,411 corpus weight
- Olmec
Olmec
13,407 corpus weight
- Olmos
Olmos
13,406 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “oga” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oga |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈəʊ.ɡə/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #86,590 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “oga” in English
Rare enough to double-check
oga is uncommon English at frequency #86,590 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈəʊ.ɡə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A chief, employer, or superior.".
No misspelling variants are generated for oga in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Yoruba ọ̀gá (“chief, master”). The correct English form is oga, spelled O-G-A.
Definition
- 1A chief, employer, or superior.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how oga appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nigeria is not a nation of sandwich-eating people and his last oga did not eat bread in the afternoon.
Etymology
From Yoruba ọ̀gá (“chief, master”).
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.
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