# Osaka

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /əʊˈsɑːkə/ · frequency rank #13,772

## Definitions
1. The capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
2. A prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan.
3. A surname from Japanese.

## Etymology
From Japanese 大(おお)阪(さか) (Ōsaka, literally “large hill”) — the slope up to the Uemachi Plateau, where Osaka Castle sits.

## Easily confused with
- **OSHA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/osaka-vs-osha)
- **Osama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/osaka-vs-osama)
- **otaku** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/osaka-vs-otaku)
- **Ozawa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/osaka-vs-ozawa)
- **oak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oak-vs-osaka)
- **oka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oka-vs-osaka)
- **oaks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oaks-vs-osaka)
- **Obama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/obama-vs-osaka)
- **Omaha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omaha-vs-osaka)
- **Osage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/osage-vs-osaka)
- **Okada** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/okada-vs-osaka)

## Common misspellings (6)
`oaska`, `osaak`, `osakka`, `oskaa`, `ossaka`, `soaka`

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