boxwood
"boxwood" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“boxwood” is uncommon English (frequency #69,697 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,697
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The box tree, Buxus sempervirens.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boxwood |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,697 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “boxwood” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
boxwood is uncommon English at frequency #69,697 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for boxwood in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From box + wood; box from Latin buxus (“box-tree, object made of boxwood”), of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos). The correct English form is boxwood, spelled B-O-X-W-O-O-D.
Definition
- 1The box tree, Buxus sempervirens.
- 2The hard, close-grained wood of this tree, used in delicate woodwork and in making inlays.
- 3Any tree of genus Buxus.
Etymology
From box + wood; box from Latin buxus (“box-tree, object made of boxwood”), of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos).
Synonyms
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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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Using “boxwood”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-O-X-W-O-O-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.