ofloxacin
noun
ofloxacin is spelled O-F-L-O-X-A-C-I-N. The wrong spelling people search most is oxfloxacin: about 20 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 204 of all searches for the word. Ofloxacin is a noun meaning “A fluoroquinolone antibiotic C₁₈H₂₀FN₃O₄ composed of equal quantities of levofloxacin and dextrofloxacin…”.
How many letters and syllables are in ofloxacin?
| Letters | 9: O-F-L-O-X-A-C-I-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 180,281st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, oxfloxacin, about 20 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell ofloxacin?
Ofloxacin is spelled O-F-L-O-X-A-C-I-N. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 203 of the searches for ofloxacin in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is ofloxacin?
Ofloxacin appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st 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).
What does ofloxacin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A fluoroquinolone antibiotic C₁₈H₂₀FN₃O₄ composed of equal quantities of levofloxacin and dextrofloxacin, that is a broad-spectrum antibacterial agent that is used in topical solution for otic or ophthalmic use or is administered orally or intravenously for other uses.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ofloxacin come from?
From o(xa)- + -floxacin (“nalidixic acid derivative”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).