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Common misspellings  


This page lists pronunciations of English words that begin with O. To see a different letter navigate with the table above. The apostrophe is treated as the last letter of the alphabet, after Z.

For a pronunciation key, click on the blue "Catalogs" link below the article title.[e]


Ô letter = ôh exclamation = ôwe debt

ŏar boat = ŏr alternative = ŏre metal

oâsis *ô-wâyssís

obêdience

obèisance

obèy

oblìque -lêek

obscêne

obscénity

obsêquious

óbsolête

obsoléscence

óbstacle

occâsionally

ócci- = óxy-

occidéntal *óxídéntəl cf. accidéntal (minimal pair)

Óccitan *Óxítən

óccult BrE; AmE occúlt

occür

occürred, occürring - two r’s (cf. cûred, cûring)

occúrrence BrE; AmE occürrence

ôcean *ôtion, *ôshən

ócellâted spotóscíllâted swung

ócelót

óchê *ócky, cf. hóckey

ôchre *ôker; AmE -er

óctagon

óctopus

ódds-ón adjective, as in ódds-ón fâvourite, hyphen required

ôdious

ôdium

ôdorous

ódyssey

Oêdipus BrE; AmE Ê-

oêstrogen BrE; AmE ê-

öeuvre *ëvra

óf *óv

offénce BrE; AmE offénse

óffal *óffle

offénsive

óffshoot one word, no hyphen

óffspring one word

óft- in normal usage connected by a hyphen to a following participle

óften *óffen; though some pronounce the t

ÔK (upper case) = ôkây (lower case) acceptable = Okèh Records

Oklahôma Ôak-

ôld normal = ôlde jocular, old-fashioned = Ôld person

ôld-fáshioned

Óliver, cf. Tólliver

Olýmpic

Omagh *Ômə

ômega

ómelette, ómelet *ómlit, cf. hámlet, Hámlet

omérta

omnípotent

omníscience

omníscient

ón has the French spelling en in the expressions en másse and en roûte

ón bŏard is two words, except as an attributive adjective (ónboard môtor)

òne single = wòn game

òne-óff

ònes plural = òne´s possessive *wúnz

òneself one word, wú-

óngôing one word

ònion *únyon, cf. Cányon

onlîne connected one word

ónlooker one word

ónslåught

Ontãrio

ón to *óntû or *óntə: two words, even though ínto is one

ónyx or ônyx

oòps

Ŏort clòud

oôze liquid = Oûse River

ôpal = Ôpel

óp-éd (short for 'opposite the editorial page')

óperate

ophthalmólogist ófth- or ópth-

opínion

oppônent

opportûnity *óppərtyûnity

oppréss

oppûgn -ûne

optimístic

ópt-òut noun hyphenated

ŏr instead = ŏre metal = ŏar boat = Ŏrr person

ŏral voice = åural ear: sometimes, to distinguish it, the second is pronounced àùral

órange *óringe

oráng-utan

orâte

órator BrE, AmE ŏr-

ŏrchestrate ŏrk-

ŏrchid *ŏrkid, cf. ŏrchard, ch sound

ŏrdnance weapons cf. ŏrdinance decree

ŏrient

órifíce BrE, AmE ŏrifíce

órigin BrE, AmE ŏrigin

oríginal

Orîon

*ŏrtha- no words begin like this

ŏrthodox

óscíllate swingócelót cat

óscíllated swungócellâted spot

ósprêy or ósprèy

òther spŏrts: the BBC's use of a hyphen in this phrase on their World News channel's ticker is (of course) incorrect and probably dictated by computer behaviour

òtherwise one word

Ouagadoûgou *Wágadûgu

ouìja-bŏard wì-

ŏught *åwt

òur us = hòur time; in rapid speech = àre is

Oûse River = oôze liquid

òut meaning outside is a separate word, but it must be joined to a following word when it means more, as in some of the following examples:

outdo *òutdoô, one word

òutlåw one word

òutrîght one word

outsîde one word

outsmàrt one word

ôva ovum = BrE ôver top, finish

òven

ôver meaning above is a separate word, but it must be joined to a following word when it means too much, as in some of the following examples:

overbürdened one word

overcòme one word

overdûe one word

ôverload one word

overlôaded one word

overnîght *ôver-nîte, one word

overrâte judge, as in overrâted, ≈ overâte or *overét overeat; cf. ôver râte cricket: rate of overs two words

overreáct *ôverêáct, one word

overrîde one word

overrûle one word

overshádow one word

ovërt - ô-

overthrôw one word

ôwe debt = ôh exclamation = Ô letter

óxbow

Óxford -əd

óxîde

óxidise, óxidîze

óxy- = óxi- = ócci-

óxygen

O’Brîen cf. Brîan