anoxic
/ˌæˈnɑːk.sɪk/
"anoxic" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anoxic” is uncommon English (frequency #68,825 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,825
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suffering from a reduced supply of oxygen.
Corpus desk
Index EN-anoxic · anoxic · English
anoxic · rank #68,825 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,825
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH anodized
Nearest frequency peer: anodized (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “anoxic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- amyloidosis
amyloidosis
31,182 corpus weight
- androgyny
androgyny
31,181 corpus weight
- anesthetized
anesthetized
31,180 corpus weight
- anodized
anodized
31,177 corpus weight
- anoxic
anoxic
31,176 corpus weight
- Assamese
Assamese
31,171 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “anoxic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anoxic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌæˈnɑːk.sɪk/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,825 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “anoxic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
anoxic is uncommon English at frequency #68,825 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌæˈnɑːk.sɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
anoxic has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From an- + oxygen + -ic. The correct English form is anoxic, spelled A-N-O-X-I-C.
Definition
- 1Suffering from a reduced supply of oxygen.
- 2Lacking oxygen.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how anoxic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The inner logic of metabolism... part stems from the vicissitudes of life itself, which forced evolution down improbable paths, while transforming our geologically restless globe from a sterile, anoxic planet into the living, high-octane world of today.
Etymology
From an- + oxygen + -ic.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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