oxalic
/ɒkˈsælɪk/
"oxalic" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“oxalic” is uncommon English (frequency #89,721 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,721
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to oxalic acid or its derivatives.
Corpus desk
Index EN-oxalic · oxalic · English
oxalic · rank #89,721 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,721
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH Paik
Nearest frequency peer: Paik (+2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “oxalic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ouray
Ouray
10,286 corpus weight
- outfall
outfall
10,285 corpus weight
- outsize
outsize
10,284 corpus weight
- oxalic
oxalic
10,280 corpus weight
- Paik
Paik
10,278 corpus weight
- palimpsest
palimpsest
10,275 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “oxalic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oxalic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɒkˈsælɪk/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,721 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “oxalic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
oxalic is uncommon English at frequency #89,721 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɒkˈsælɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for oxalic in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French oxalique, from Oxalis (“the sorrel plant”). The correct English form is oxalic, spelled O-X-A-L-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to oxalic acid or its derivatives.
- 2Of or pertaining to oxaluria.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how oxalic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If not sufficiently purified, a little hydrochloric or oxalic acid, or caustic potash may be put in the water, according as the stains are from grease or from ink.
Etymology
Borrowed from French oxalique, from Oxalis (“the sorrel plant”).
This word in other languages
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.
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