oki
"oki" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“oki” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #48,391) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #48,391
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of OK.
Corpus desk
Index EN-oki · oki · English
oki · rank #48,391 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,391
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH occupier
Nearest frequency peer: occupier (-2 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.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “oki”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- nya
nya
51,614 corpus weight
- occasioned
occasioned
51,613 corpus weight
- occupier
occupier
51,612 corpus weight
- oki
oki
51,610 corpus weight
- onetime
onetime
51,607 corpus weight
- Onondaga
Onondaga
51,606 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “oki” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oki |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #48,391 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “oki”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for oki is neighbouring look-alikes ("on", "or", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection. Frequency #48,391 among 1,431 “O” headwords. Gloss: "Alternative form of OK.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for oki, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "on", "or", "op", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is oki, spelled O-K-I.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of OK.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oki appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Udit: […] U can go if u want. We can do something on Sat. As long as I don’t destroy my self^([sic]) on Fri night. Me: Oki, good to know! Saturday it is! (If we aren’t destroyed=)
The buffalo hides were then placed over the entire structure and, after several hours of work, Billy said, “Oki, looking good. Now I need you to gather up a bunch of rocks about the size of my head.”
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).