oss vs our, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“oss” and “our” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#31,905
“oss” frequency rank: #7,958
“our” frequency rank: 39863
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	oss	our
Definition	nos	nosso, nossos, da gente

Letter map: oss vs our

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

3 ch

oss

3 ch

our

Pair insight - oss / our

oss and our are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39863, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

oss is recorded at frequency rank #31,905, classified as apron. 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 39863, this pair ranks #26,329 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of oss vs our

Shared letters: o. Private to "oss": s. Private to "our": ru.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "oss" for "our" ever safe?

No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

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

"our" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,958 in our Portuguese list, against #31,905 for "oss". 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 "oss" 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 #26,329 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"oss" and "our" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oni vs oss". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #26,329 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.