# ou

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈəʊ.uː/ · frequency rank #10,099

## Definitions
1. A probably extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea.

## Etymology
From Hawaiian ʻōʻū.

## Easily confused with
- **oz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ou-vs-oz)
- **ow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ou-vs-ow)
- **ox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ou-vs-ox)
- **oy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ou-vs-oy)
- **ov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ou-vs-ov)
- **out** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ou-vs-out)
- **our** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ou-vs-our)
- **own** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ou-vs-own)
- **owe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ou-vs-owe)
- **owl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ou-vs-owl)
- **ova** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ou-vs-ova)
- **oui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ou-vs-oui)
- **OWS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ou-vs-ows)
- **ours** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ou-vs-ours)
- **ouch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ou-vs-ouch)
- **oust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ou-vs-oust)
- **ould** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ou-vs-ould)
- **o** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/o-vs-ou)
- **of** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/of-vs-ou)
- **on** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/on-vs-ou)

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