os

[os]

/[os]/ pron

The verdict

“os” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #449) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#449
frequency rank, Spanish
1,467
“O” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caso acusativo y dativo del pronombre personal vosotros, una de las formas de la segunda persona del plural en español.

Corpus desk

Index ES-os · os · Spanish

os · rank #449 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #449
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,467
  • PHOTO-FINISH ojos

Nearest frequency peer: ojos (-1 rank slots)

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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “os”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “os” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

os vs oz
50% similar
os vs ou
50% similar
os vs ot
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for os
PropertyValue
Headwordos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPronoun
IPA[os]
Letters2
Frequency rank#449
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “os”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.oscae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “ojos” (#448), “pensar” (#450), “obra” (#447). Entre 1,467 lemas con “O”, “os” va en #449. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for os is neighbouring look-alikes ("oz", "ou", …), not just typos; it is apronoun pronounced [os]. Frequency #449 among 1,467 “O” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

No generated misspelling entries exist for os in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "oz", "ou", "ot", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is os, spelled O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caso acusativo y dativo del pronombre personal vosotros, una de las formas de la segunda persona del plural en español.
  2. 2
    Caso acusativo y dativo del pronombre personal vos, una de las formas de la segunda persona del singular en español.
  3. 3
    Pronombre reflexivo de éste.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how os appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Os veo a todos, os siento a todos en mi corazón.
  2. Y también cuando leía: …los altos cielos que de vuestra divinidad divinamente con las estrellas os fortifican, y os hacen merecedora del merecimiento que merece la vuestra grandeza.

This word in other languages

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "os"?
"os" is spelled O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [os].
What does "os" mean?
As a pronoun, "os" means: Caso acusativo y dativo del pronombre personal vosotros, una de las formas de la segunda persona del plural en español.
What words are commonly confused with "os"?
"os" is commonly confused with "oz", "ou", "ot". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "os"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "os" is [os]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "os" come from?
"os" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list