boxwood
noun
boxwood is spelled B-O-X-W-O-O-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,884th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, boxwood means “The box tree, Buxus sempervirens” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of boxwood is boxwoods.
How many letters and syllables are in boxwood?
| Letters | 7: B-O-X-W-O-O-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 69,884th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is boxwood?
Boxwood appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,884th 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 boxwood?
Boxwood 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-boxwood.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of boxwood
- boxwoods plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does boxwood mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The box tree, Buxus sempervirens.
- 2
The hard, close-grained wood of this tree, used in delicate woodwork and in making inlays.
- 3
Any tree of genus Buxus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Boxwood in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | buis |
| German | Buchsbaum, Buchs , Buchsbaumholz |
| Portuguese | buxo, buxinho, buxo anão |
| Spanish | boj |
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 boxwood come from?
From box + wood; box from Latin buxus (“box-tree, object made of boxwood”), of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).