oohvsourTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#37,755
“ooh” frequency rank
#14,418
“our” frequency rank
52173
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ooh our
Definition Expresión de sorpresa. Nuestro, nuestra.

Where the eye mixes ooh and our

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

3 ch
ooh
3 ch
our

Visual trap between ooh and our

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ooh is /uː/ while our is /aʊə(ɹ)/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (intj vs pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52173, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ooh is recorded at frequency rank #37,755, classified as anintj, pronounced /uː/. 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 52173, this pair ranks #94,027 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ooh vs our

Shared letters: o. Private to "ooh": h. Private to "our": ru.

"ooh" · 3 letters · shape VVC  ·  "our" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ooh" for "our" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ooh" is an intj and "our" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ooh" vs "our" - which ranks higher?
"our" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,418 in our Spanish list, against #37,755 for "ooh". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "ooh" 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 #94,027 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ooh" and "our" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ome vs ooh". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #94,027 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