ok vs our, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“ok” is a num and “our” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,033
“ok” frequency rank: #7,958
“our” frequency rank: 8991
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ok	our
Definition	oito	nosso, nossos, da gente

Letter map: ok vs our

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

2 ch

3 ch

our

Role in the sentence - ok and our

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ok is anum and ourapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8991, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ok is recorded at frequency rank #1,033, classified as anum. our is at rank #7,958, tagged as apron, pronounced /aʊɚ/, SAMPA: /aU@`/.

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 8991, this pair ranks #64,591 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ok vs our

Shared letters: o. Private to "ok": k. Private to "our": ru.

"ok" · 2 letters · shape VC · "our" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ok" and "our" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ok" is a num and "our" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "ok" or "our"?

"ok" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,033 in our Portuguese list, against #7,958 for "our". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "ok" 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 #64,591 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ok" and "our" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oni vs our". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #64,591 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.