lox
/lɑks/noun, verb
lox is spelled L-O-X: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lox means “Salmon that is cured in brine and then smoked at a low temperature so that the flesh remains uncooked” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in lox?
| Letters | 3: L-O-X |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| 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 lox?
Lox appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th 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 lox?
- UK /lɒks/
- US /lɑks/
Lox 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: En-us-lox.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with lox
Sounds like: locks (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with lox?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as lox 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 lox
- loxes present, singular, he/she/it
- loxing participle, present
- loxed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lox mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USSalmon that is cured in brine and then smoked at a low temperature so that the flesh remains uncooked.
- 2
Acronym of liquid oxygen, molecular oxygen in liquid form.
verb
- 1
To supply with liquid oxygen.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of lox (“liquid oxygen”).
- 2
Acronym of lipoxygenase.
- 3
The gene encoding for lysyl oxidase
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of lox (“liquid oxygen”).
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of lox (“liquid oxygen”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lox in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense type of smoked salmon:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | saumon fumé |
| German | geräucherter Lachs, Räucherlachs |
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 lox come from?
Borrowed from Yiddish לאַקס (laks, “salmon”). Doublet of lax.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).