Ouse
"ouse" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ouse” is uncommon English (frequency #53,750 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,750
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Various rivers in England.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ouse · Ouse · English
Ouse · rank #53,750 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,750
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH osmotic
Nearest frequency peer: osmotic (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “Ouse”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- oriel
oriel
46,254 corpus weight
- osmotic
osmotic
46,252 corpus weight
- Ouse
Ouse
46,251 corpus weight
- outgunned
outgunned
46,250 corpus weight
- overcharge
overcharge
46,247 corpus weight
- overhauls
overhauls
46,246 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Ouse” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ouse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #53,750 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Ouse” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Ouse is uncommon English at frequency #53,750 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Ouse has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English Usa, probably of Romano-British Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *udso-, from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water”). The correct English form is Ouse, spelled O-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Various rivers in England.
- 2Various rivers in England.
- 3Various rivers in England.
- 4Various rivers in England.
- 5Various rivers in England.
- 6A locality in Central Highlands Council, central Tasmania, Australia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ouse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Here Ouse, slow-winding through a level plain Of spacious meads with cattle sprinkled o’er, Conducts the eye along his sinuous course Delighted.
Etymology
From Old English Usa, probably of Romano-British Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *udso-, from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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