# Ozark

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈoʊzɑː(ɹ)k/ · frequency rank #40,377

## Definitions
1. A small city, the county seat of Dale County, Alabama, United States.
2. A city in Arkansas, United States and one of the two county seats of Franklin County.
3. A city, the county seat of Christian County, Missouri, United States.

## Etymology
From French aux arcs (literally “at the arches”), in reference to natural bridge formations in the area, or aux Arcs, a clipping of aux Arcansas (“among the Arkansas”), i.e. the Quapaw people.

## Easily confused with
- **Ozawa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ozark-vs-ozawa)
- **oak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oak-vs-ozark)
- **oar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oar-vs-ozark)
- **Omar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omar-vs-ozark)
- **oars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oars-vs-ozark)
- **ovary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ovary-vs-ozark)

## Common misspellings (7)
`oazrk`, `ozakr`, `ozarkk`, `ozarrk`, `ozrak`, `ozzark`, `zoark`

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