Which to use
“ogre” and “ours” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,019
- “ogre” frequency rank
- #4,358
- “ours” frequency rank
- 26377
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ogre | ours |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personnage de conte de fées, sorte de monstre, de géant qui passe pour se nourrir de chair humaine, spécialement de celle des enfants. | Plantigrade, carnassier ou omnivore, à fourrure épaisse, de la famille des ursidés. |
Where the eye mixes ogre and ours
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses ogre with ours
A purely visual mix-up. ogre (\ɔɡʁ\) and ours (\uʁs\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26377, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ogre is recorded at frequency rank #22,019, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɔɡʁ\. ours is at rank #4,358, tagged as anoun, pronounced \uʁs\.
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 26377, this pair ranks #335,380 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ogre vs ours
Shared letters: or. Private to "ogre": eg. Private to "ours": su.
"ogre" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "ours" · 4 letters · shape VVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ogre" and "ours" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "ogre" or "ours"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "ogre" and "ours" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ogre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ours" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #335,380 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ogre" and "ours" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ogre vs OSCE". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #335,380 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.