# Ota

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #30,163

## Definitions
1. A surname from Japanese.
2. One of the 23 special wards of Tokyo prefecture, Japan.

## Etymology
Transliteration of Japanese 大田 (Ōta). The name of the ward of Tokyo comes from the first and last characters of 大森 (Ōmori) and 蒲田 (Kamata), respectively.

## Easily confused with
- **oz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ota-vs-oz)
- **ou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ota-vs-ou)
- **ow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ota-vs-ow)
- **ox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ota-vs-ox)
- **oy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ota-vs-oy)
- **ov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ota-vs-ov)
- **out** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ota-vs-out)
- **our** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ota-vs-our)
- **own** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ota-vs-own)
- **owe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ota-vs-owe)
- **owl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ota-vs-owl)
- **ova** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ota-vs-ova)
- **OTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ota-vs-otc)
- **OTT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ota-vs-ott)
- **oth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ota-vs-oth)
- **oui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ota-vs-oui)
- **OTS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ota-vs-ots)
- **OTP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ota-vs-otp)
- **OWS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ota-vs-ows)
- **oval** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ota-vs-oval)

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