oases
/əʊˈeɪsiːz/
"oases" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“oases” is uncommon English (frequency #62,370 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,370
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of oasis
Corpus desk
Index EN-oases · oases · English
oases · rank #62,370 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,370
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH normie
Nearest frequency peer: normie (-2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “oases”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- nihilist
nihilist
37,637 corpus weight
- nish
nish
37,636 corpus weight
- normie
normie
37,633 corpus weight
- oases
oases
37,631 corpus weight
- oiler
oiler
37,629 corpus weight
- onsen
onsen
37,626 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “oases” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oases |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əʊˈeɪsiːz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,370 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “oases” in English
Rare enough to double-check
oases is uncommon English at frequency #62,370 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /əʊˈeɪsiːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of oasis".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for oases, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is oases, spelled O-A-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of oasis
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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