oasis
/oʊˈeɪsɪs/noun
oasis is spelled O-A-S-I-S: 5 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, oasis means “A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of oasis is oases; Wiktionary also lists oasises (proscribed).
How many letters and syllables are in oasis?
| Letters | 5: O-A-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.6 times per million words; the 13,695th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 oasis?
Oasis appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th 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 oasis?
- UK /əʊˈeɪsɪs/
- UK /əʊˈeɪsəs/
- US /oʊˈeɪsɪs/
Oasis has 3 syllables (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-oasis.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with oasis?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as oasis from its last stressed vowel (/eɪsɪs/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ossia.
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 oasis
- oases plural
- oasises plural, rare
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does oasis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert.
- 2
A quiet, peaceful place or situation separated from surrounding noise or bustle.
The park was an oasis in the middle of the busy city.
- 3
A place or situation of fruitfulness or abundance separated from surrounding barrenness or scarcity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Oasis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense spring surrounded by fertile area:
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 oasis come from?
From Late Latin Oasis, from Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis), from Demotic Egyptian wḥj, from Egyptian wḥꜣt (“oasis, cauldron”), G43-V28-G1-X1:N25 Compare Sahidic Coptic ⲟⲩⲁϩⲉ (ouahe) and Arabic وَاحَة (wāḥa).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).