ogvsourWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#36,189
“og” frequency rank
#14,418
“our” frequency rank
50607
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature og our
Definition Y. Nuestro, nuestra.

Where the eye mixes og and our

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

2 ch
og
3 ch
our

Why the eye confuses og with our

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: og is [ʌ] 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 (conjunction vs pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50607, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

og is recorded at frequency rank #36,189, classified as aconj, pronounced [ʌ]. 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 50607, this pair ranks #102,291 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of og vs our

Shared letters: o. Private to "og": g. Private to "our": ru.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "og" and "our" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "og" is a conjunction and "our" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "og" or "our"?
"our" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,418 in our Spanish list, against #36,189 for "og". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "og" 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 #102,291 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "og" and "our" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "og vs ome". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #102,291 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