epoxide
/ˈipɑksaɪd/
"epoxide" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“epoxide” is uncommon English (frequency #93,668 among 18,836 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,668
- frequency rank, English
- 18,836
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of a class of organic compound, cyclic ethers, having a three-membered ring; they are prepared by the selective oxidation of alkenes or by ring-closure of halohydrins; used to make plastics.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | epoxide |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈipɑksaɪd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #93,668 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “epoxide” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
epoxide is uncommon English at frequency #93,668 among 18,836 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈipɑksaɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
epoxide doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ep- + oxy. The correct English form is epoxide, spelled E-P-O-X-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Any of a class of organic compound, cyclic ethers, having a three-membered ring; they are prepared by the selective oxidation of alkenes or by ring-closure of halohydrins; used to make plastics.
- 2Any similar compound in which an ether linkage has been made across a larger ring.
Etymology
From ep- + oxy.
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 “epoxide”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-P-O-X-I-D-E - 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.