oh my word

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"oh-my-word" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“oh my word” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An expression of surprise or astonishment.

Corpus desk

Index EN-oh-my-word · oh my word · English

oh my word · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "O" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for oh my word
PropertyValue
Headwordoh my word
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechInterjection
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “oh my word” in English

oh my wordsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

oh my word is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An expression of surprise or astonishment.".

No misspelling variants are generated for oh my word in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is oh my word, spelled O-H- -M-Y- -W-O-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    An expression of surprise or astonishment.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how oh my word appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. “Oh my word ... Mr. Williams ... I am so sorry about before. I had no idea it was you.”
  2. Within two minutes there was a very distinct double pink line indicating that I was, in fact, knocked up. And my first thought was, Oh my word, I am pregnant.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "oh my word"?
"oh my word" is spelled O-H- -M-Y- -W-O-R-D.
What does "oh my word" mean?
As an interjection, "oh my word" means: An expression of surprise or astonishment.
What language does "oh my word" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list