OOOvsourWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: OOO is a noun, our is a determiner, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“OOO” is a noun and “our” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,197
“OOO” frequency rank
#9,528
“our” frequency rank
25725
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature OOO our
Definition En vacances ou en dehors des horaires de travail, souvent utilisé dans les réponses automatiques aux emails. Notre, nos

Letter map: OOO vs our

Shared letters muted; letters that set OOO and our apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
OOO
3 ch
our

Role in the sentence - OOO and our

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: OOO is anoun and ouradeterminer. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25725, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

OOO is recorded at frequency rank #16,197, classified as anoun. our is at rank #9,528, tagged as adet, pronounced \aʊɚ\.

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 25725, this pair ranks #339,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of OOO vs our

Shared letters: o. Private to "OOO": -. Private to "our": ru.

"OOO" · 3 letters · shape VVV  ·  "our" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "OOO" and "our" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "OOO" is a noun and "our" a determiner, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "OOO" or "our" show up more?
"our" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,528 in our French list, against #16,197 for "OOO". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "OOO" vs "our" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "OOO" 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 #339,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "OOO" and "our" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "och vs OOO". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #339,219 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list