oracy
noun
oracy is spelled O-R-A-C-Y: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, oracy means “The ability to speak, and to understand spoken language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of oracy is oracies.
How many letters and syllables are in oracy?
| Letters | 5: O-R-A-C-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 81 million words; the 286,585th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is oracy?
Oracy appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th 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).
Forms of oracy
- oracies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does oracy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The ability to speak, and to understand spoken language
- 2
A measure of this ability
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does oracy come from?
From oral + -cy, by analogy with literacy. Coined by the British education researcher Andrew Wilkinson in 1965.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).