ose
/-oʊs/noun
ose is spelled O-S-E: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ose means “An esker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ose is oses.
How many letters and syllables are in ose?
| Letters | 3: O-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 65,913th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is ose?
Ose appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th 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 ose?
- UK /-əʊs/
- US /-oʊs/
- UK /-əʊz/
Ose has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame--ose.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame--ose.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ose?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ose.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: soe, oes.
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 ose
- oses plural
- osar
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ose mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An esker.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ose in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense suffix used to form the names of sugars:
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.