# optar vs Óscar

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### optar
*verb · IPA [opˈt̪aɾ] · frequency rank #10,723*
Escoger una cosa entre varias.

### Óscar
*name · IPA [ˈoskaɾ] · frequency rank #9,388*
Nombre de pila de varón

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/optar-vs-oscar