# Otis

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈoʊtɪs/ · frequency rank #16,987

## Definitions
1. A surname transferred from the given name, notably of the American revolutionary hero James Otis and the innovator and industrialist Elisha Otis.
2. A male given name from the Germanic languages, transferred from the surname.
3. An Otis elevator.

## Etymology
A patronymic surname derived from Middle English genitive case of the Germanic given name Ote, Ode, cognate to modern Otto.

## Easily confused with
- **OTT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/otis-vs-ott)
- **oui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/otis-vs-oui)
- **OTS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/otis-vs-ots)
- **OTP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/otis-vs-otp)
- **OWS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/otis-vs-ows)
- **owns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/otis-vs-owns)
- **ours** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/otis-vs-ours)
- **otto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/otis-vs-otto)
- **owls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/otis-vs-owls)
- **Ovid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/otis-vs-ovid)
- **OS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/os-vs-otis)
- **OT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ot-vs-otis)
- **oi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oi-vs-otis)
- **oil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oil-vs-otis)
- **ops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ops-vs-otis)
- **Ons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ons-vs-otis)
- **obi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/obi-vs-otis)
- **ODI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odi-vs-otis)
- **OTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/otc-vs-otis)
- **Ori** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ori-vs-otis)

## Common misspellings (5)
`oits`, `otiss`, `otsi`, `ottis`, `tois`

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