Español homophones

oc/ok

"oc" is a noun; "ok" is a num - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #33 of 387 Spanish groups.

Data vintage

Grammar picks the spelling

Same sound, different grammar: "oc" arrives as a noun, while "ok" is a num. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • Single-letter fork: "oc" keeps c, "ok" writes k at letter 2.

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across oc, ok: o. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

  • oc

    2 letters · 1 vowels · shape VC

    Inventory co · private c

  • ok

    2 letters · 1 vowels · shape VC

    Inventory ko · private k

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "oc" when you mean: Especie de flecha de que se servían antiguamente los turcos.
  • Write "ok" when you mean: Ocho.

Each spelling

oc

noun · /ˈok/ · #20,145 frequency

Especie de flecha de que se servían antiguamente los turcos.

ok

num · /ˈok/ · #1,645 frequency

Ocho.

Nearby Spanish homophone groups

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list