ok
o·k/ˌoʊˈkeɪ/adjective
ok is spelled O-K: 2 letters and 2 syllables (o·k). It appears 138 times per million words in written English, the 756th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “ok vs okay” about 2,900 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, ok means “Alternative letter-case form of OK” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ok?
| Letters | 2: O-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: o·k |
| In writing | 138 times per million words; the 756th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is ok?
Ok appears 138 times per million words in written English, the 756th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ok?
- UK /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/
- US /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/
Ok has 2 syllables, split o·k in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-okay.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with ok
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: o. k..
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with ok?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ok from its last stressed vowel (/eɪ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of ok
- o.k.
- okay
- o. k.
- okeh
- okey
- okie
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ok mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
informalAlternative letter-case form of OK.
noun
- 1
Endorsement; approval; acceptance; acquiescence.
We can start as soon as we get the OK.
- 2
Karaoke.
verb
- 1
To approve; to accept; to acquiesce to.
I don't want to OK this amount of money.
- 2
To confirm by activating a button marked OK.
adjective
- 1
All right, acceptable, permitted.
Is it OK if I spend the night?
- 2
Satisfactory, reasonably good; not exceptional.
The soup was OK, but the dessert was excellent.
- 3
Satisfied (with); willing to accept a state of affairs.
- 4
In good health or a good emotional state.
He's not feeling well now, but he should be OK after some rest.
adverb
- 1
Satisfactorily, sufficiently well.
The team did OK in the playoffs.
interjection
- 1
Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.
I promise to give it back. – OK.
- 2
Used to dismiss a dialog box or confirm a prompt.
- 3
Used to introduce a sentence in order to draw attention to the importance of what is being said.
OK, I'm thinking of a number…
- 4
Used in turn-taking, serving as a request to the speaker to grant the turn to the interrupter.
You always do this to me! When we were at your mother’s, you said that… – OK, OK, …
- 5
Used to sarcastically or sardonically indicate agreement with the previous statement.
interjection
- 1
Alternative form of OK (“okay”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ok in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | OK, accord, feu vert, bénédiction , approuver, donner le/son feu vert pour |
| German | in Ordnung, gut, okay, OK, alles klar , genehmigen |
| Portuguese | ok, certo, tá, tá bom, tá bem, beleza |
| Spanish | visto bueno, OK , dar el visto bueno , bien , normal , vale |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.