opsvsourWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#32,506
“ops” frequency rank
#9,528
“our” frequency rank
42034
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ops our
Definition Capacité, habilité. Notre, nos

Letter map: ops vs our

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

3 ch
ops
3 ch
our

Part-of-speech tell for ops / our

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ops 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 42034, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ops is recorded at frequency rank #32,506, 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 42034, this pair ranks #228,696 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ops vs our

Shared letters: o. Private to "ops": ps. Private to "our": ru.

"ops" · 3 letters · shape VCC  ·  "our" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ops" for "our" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ops" is a noun and "our" a determiner, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "ops" or "our"?
"our" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,528 in our French list, against #32,506 for "ops". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ops" and "our".

  • Full dictionary entry for "ops" 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 #228,696 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ops" and "our" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "och vs ops". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #228,696 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