# Otago

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /əˈtɐːɡɐʉ/ · frequency rank #39,005

## Definitions
1. A region in the South Island of New Zealand.
2. A suburb of the City of Clarence and Brighton Council, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

## Etymology
From Māori Ōtākou. The spelling of Sense 1 reflects a South Island dialectal realization of the ⟨k⟩ phoneme as [ɡ].

## Easily confused with
- **otto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/otago-vs-otto)
- **otaku** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/otago-vs-otaku)
- **outage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/otago-vs-outage)
- **Ota** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ota-vs-otago)
- **Osage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/osage-vs-otago)
- **octagon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/octagon-vs-otago)

## Common misspellings (6)
`oatgo`, `otaggo`, `otaog`, `otgao`, `ottago`, `toago`

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