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oxford

/ˈɑksfɚd/noun

oxford is a noun meaning “Alternative letter-case form of Oxford (cloth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled O-X-F-O-R-D and has 2 syllables, and it appears 24 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of oxford is oxfords.

What does oxford mean?

noun

  1. 1

    Alternative letter-case form of Oxford (cloth)

  2. 2

    Alternative letter-case form of Oxford (shoe)

noun

as Oxford
  1. 1

    A variety of shoe, typically made of heavy leather.

  2. 2

    A type of basket weave cotton fabric used for clothing.

  3. 3

    AustraliaarchaicEllipsis of Oxford scholar.

  4. 4

    A dictionary published by Oxford University Press, especially the Oxford English Dictionary.

  5. 5

    Ellipsis of Oxford shirt.

  6. 6

    UKEllipsis of Oxford marmalade.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce oxford?

  • US /ˈɑksfɚd/
  • UK /ˈɒksfəd/

Oxford has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-Oxford.ogg, En-ca-Oxford.opus, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of oxford

  • oxfords plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is oxford?

Oxford appears 24 times per million words in written English, the 3,752nd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).