# ogre

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈəʊ.ɡə/ · frequency rank #25,506

## Definitions
1. A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.
2. A cruel person.

## Etymology
First attested in the 18th century, borrowed from French ogre, from Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), from Ancient Greek Ὅρκος (Hórkos), the personified demon of oaths (ὅρκος (hórkos, “oath”)) who inflicts punishment upon oath-breakers. Doublet of orc and Orcus.

## Easily confused with
- **or** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogre-vs-or)
- **one** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogre-vs-one)
- **our** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogre-vs-our)
- **owe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogre-vs-owe)
- **ore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogre-vs-ore)
- **ole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogre-vs-ole)
- **org** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogre-vs-org)
- **Orr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogre-vs-orr)
- **orb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogre-vs-orb)
- **ora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogre-vs-ora)
- **orc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogre-vs-orc)
- **Ori** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogre-vs-ori)
- **ord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogre-vs-ord)
- **Ors** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogre-vs-ors)
- **once** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogre-vs-once)
- **ours** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogre-vs-ours)
- **ores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogre-vs-ores)
- **Oreo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogre-vs-oreo)
- **olde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogre-vs-olde)
- **ooze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogre-vs-ooze)

## Common misspellings (4)
`oger`, `oggre`, `ogrre`, `orge`

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