Which to use
“ont” is a verb and “oust” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #61
- “ont” frequency rank
- #46,328
- “oust” frequency rank
- 46389
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ont | oust |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe avoir. | Variante de ouste. |
Where the eye mixes ont and oust
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: ont vs oust
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ont is \ɔ̃\ while oust is \ust\. 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 (verb vs intj), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46389, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ont is recorded at frequency rank #61, classified as averb, pronounced \ɔ̃\. oust is at rank #46,328, tagged as anintj, pronounced \ust\.
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 46389, this pair ranks #195,351 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ont vs oust
Shared letters: ot. Private to "ont": n. Private to "oust": su.
"ont" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "oust" · 4 letters · shape VVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- oust ← osut · ousst · oustt · outs · uost
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ont" and "oust" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "ont" or "oust" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "ont" and "oust" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ont" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "oust" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #195,351 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ont" and "oust" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "OUA vs oust". 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 #195,351 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.