cox
/kɑks/noun, verb
cox is spelled C-O-X: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 8.7 times per million words in written English, the 7,797th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cox means “A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cox is coxes.
How many letters and syllables are in cox?
| Letters | 3: C-O-X |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.7 times per million words; the 7,797th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 cox?
Cox appears 8.7 times per million words in written English, the 7,797th 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 cox?
- UK /kɒks/
- US /kɑks/
Cox has one syllable (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-cox.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cox?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cox from its last stressed vowel (/ɑks/):
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 cox
- coxes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- coxing participle, present
- coxed participle, past
- coxo-
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cox mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew.
verb
- 1
To act as coxswain for.
The physicist Stephen Hawking used to cox for a college rowing team.
noun
- 1
Acronym of cyclooxygenase.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cox come from?
Clipping of coxswain.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).