os vs our, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“os” and “our” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#449
“os” frequency rank: #14,418
“our” frequency rank: 14867
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	os	our
Definition	Caso acusativo y dativo del pronombre personal vosotros, una de las formas de la segunda persona del plural en español.	Nuestro, nuestra.

Where the eye mixes os and our

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

2 ch

3 ch

our

Why the eye confuses os with our

A purely visual mix-up. os ([os]) and our (/aʊə(ɹ)/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14867, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

os is recorded at frequency rank #449, classified as apron, pronounced [os]. 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 14867, this pair ranks #282,428 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of os vs our

Shared letters: o. Private to "os": s. Private to "our": ru.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "os" for "our" ever safe?

No. They are said differently ([os] versus /aʊə(ɹ)/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "os" or "our"?

"os" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #449 in our Spanish list, against #14,418 for "our". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "os" and "our" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

Full dictionary entry for "os" 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 #282,428 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"os" and "our" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oirá vs our". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #282,428 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.