Which to use
“oud” and “ours” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,901
- “oud” frequency rank
- #4,358
- “ours” frequency rank
- 45259
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | oud | ours |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Luth à cordes pincées, au corps piriforme, au manche court couvert d'une touche lisse dépourvue de frettes, à onze ou douze cordes, très répandu dans les pays arabes, en Turquie, en Grèce et en Arménie. Il se joue avec un plectre. | Plantigrade, carnassier ou omnivore, à fourrure épaisse, de la famille des ursidés. |
Where the eye mixes oud and ours
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: oud vs ours
A purely visual mix-up. oud (\ud\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45259, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
oud is recorded at frequency rank #40,901, classified as anoun, pronounced \ud\. 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 45259, this pair ranks #204,133 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of oud vs ours
Shared letters: ou. Private to "oud": d. Private to "ours": rs.
"oud" · 3 letters · shape VVC · "ours" · 4 letters · shape VVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ours ← orus · ourrs · ourss · ousr · uors
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "oud" and "ours" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "oud" vs "ours" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "oud" and "ours" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "oud" 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 #204,133 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "oud" and "ours" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "och vs oud". 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 #204,133 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.