oikos
"oikos" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“oikos” is uncommon English (frequency #96,310 among 15,494 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,310
- frequency rank, English
- 15,494
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A basic societal unit in Ancient Greece; a household or family line.
Corpus desk
Index EN-oikos · oikos · English
oikos · rank #96,310 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,310
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 15,494
- PHOTO-FINISH ohn
Nearest frequency peer: ohn (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “oikos”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Ohanian
Ohanian
3,693 corpus weight
- ohn
ohn
3,692 corpus weight
- oikos
oikos
3,691 corpus weight
- OKU
OKU
3,689 corpus weight
- Onam
Onam
3,686 corpus weight
- Opelika
Opelika
3,685 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “oikos” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oikos |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #96,310 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “oikos” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
oikos is uncommon English at frequency #96,310 among 15,494 “O” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for oikos, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos). The correct English form is oikos, spelled O-I-K-O-S.
Definition
- 1A basic societal unit in Ancient Greece; a household or family line.
- 2Synonym of kontakion (hymn or poem recited as a dialogue)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.