alkoxy
/ˌælˈkɑk.si/noun
alkoxy is spelled A-L-K-O-X-Y: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, alkoxy means “any univalent radical R-O-, or anion R-O⁻, where R is an alkyl group” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of alkoxy is alkoxys.
How many letters and syllables are in alkoxy?
| Letters | 6: A-L-K-O-X-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 145,125th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is alkoxy?
Alkoxy appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th 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).
How do you pronounce alkoxy?
- US /ˌælˈkɑk.si/
Alkoxy has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-alkoxy.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Tesco250-alkoxy-.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with alkoxy?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as alkoxy from its last stressed vowel (/ɑksi/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of alkoxy
- alkoxys plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does alkoxy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
any univalent radical R-O-, or anion R-O⁻, where R is an alkyl group
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Alkoxy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does alkoxy come from?
From alk- + -oxy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).