# ord

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #30,520

## Definitions
1. A point.
2. A point of origin; a beginning.
3. A point of land; a promontory.
4. The point or edge of a weapon.

## Etymology
From Middle English ord (“point, point of a weapon, beginning”), from Old English ord (“point, spear-point, spear, source, beginning, front, vanguard”), from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), of obscure origin (see *uzdaz).
Cognate with North Frisian od (“tip, place, beginning”), Dutch oord (“place, region”), German Ort (“location, place, position”), Danish od (“a point”), Swedish udd (“a point, prick”), Icelandic oddur (“tip, point of a weapon, leader”). See also odd.

## Easily confused with
- **OS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ord-vs-os)
- **oz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ord-vs-oz)
- **OT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ord-vs-ot)
- **ou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ord-vs-ou)
- **ow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ord-vs-ow)
- **ox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ord-vs-ox)
- **oy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ord-vs-oy)
- **ov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ord-vs-ov)
- **out** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ord-vs-out)
- **our** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ord-vs-our)
- **own** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ord-vs-own)
- **owe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ord-vs-owe)
- **ore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ord-vs-ore)
- **owl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ord-vs-owl)
- **org** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ord-vs-org)
- **Orr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ord-vs-orr)
- **OST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ord-vs-ost)
- **ova** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ord-vs-ova)
- **OTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ord-vs-otc)
- **OTT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ord-vs-ott)

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