odvsourWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: od is a noun, our is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“od” is a noun and “our” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,510
“od” frequency rank
#14,418
“our” frequency rank
55928
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature od our
Definition Fuego. Nuestro, nuestra.

Where the eye mixes od and our

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

2 ch
od
3 ch
our

Why the eye confuses od with our

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: od is [od] while our is /aʊə(ɹ)/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55928, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

od is recorded at frequency rank #41,510, classified as anoun, pronounced [od]. our is at rank #14,418, tagged as apron, pronounced /aʊə(ɹ)/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 55928, this pair ranks #76,741 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of od vs our

Shared letters: o. Private to "od": d. Private to "our": ru.

"od" · 2 letters · shape VC  ·  "our" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "od" and "our" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "od" is a noun and "our" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "od" or "our" show up more?
"our" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,418 in our Spanish list, against #41,510 for "od". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "od" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "our" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #76,741 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "od" and "our" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "od vs ome". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #76,741 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list