epoxy
/ɪˈpɒk.si/
"epoxy" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“epoxy” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #25,374. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,374
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Derived from an epoxide.
Corpus desk
Index EN-epoxy · epoxy · English
epoxy · rank #25,374 · 7 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,374
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH eo
Nearest frequency peer: eo (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “epoxy”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- elasticity
elasticity
74,630 corpus weight
- elicit
elicit
74,629 corpus weight
- eo
eo
74,628 corpus weight
- epoxy
epoxy
74,627 corpus weight
- Estonian
Estonian
74,626 corpus weight
- Eton
Eton
74,624 corpus weight
What this shows “epoxy” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | epoxy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɪˈpɒk.si/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #25,374 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “epoxy”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around epoxy (IPA /ɪˈpɒk.si/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,374 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Derived from an epoxide.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for epoxy, with forms such as "eopxy", "epoxxy", and "epoxyy". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Epo", "ebony", "epoch", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ep- + -oxy. The correct English form is epoxy, spelled E-P-O-X-Y.
Definition
- 1Derived from an epoxide.
Etymology
From ep- + -oxy.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eopxy
- epoxxy
- epoxyy
- epoyx
- eppoxy
- epxoy
- peoxy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of epoxy - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).