oxazepam
/ɑkˈsæz.əˌpæm/noun
oxazepam is spelled O-X-A-Z-E-P-A-M: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, oxazepam means “A drug of the benzodiazepine group, used to treat anxiety states and insomnia; 7-chloro-1,3-dihydro-3-hydroxy-5-phenyl-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of oxazepam is oxazepams.
How many letters and syllables are in oxazepam?
| Letters | 8: O-X-A-Z-E-P-A-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 52 million words; the 225,584th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is oxazepam?
Oxazepam appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th 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).
How do you pronounce oxazepam?
- UK /ɒkˈseɪ.zɪ.pam/
- UK /ɒkˈsaz.ɪ.pam/
- US /ɑkˈsæz.əˌpæm/
Oxazepam has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En_US_oxazepam.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with oxazepam?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as oxazepam from its last stressed vowel (/æzəpæm/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of oxazepam
- oxazepams plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does oxazepam mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A drug of the benzodiazepine group, used to treat anxiety states and insomnia; 7-chloro-1,3-dihydro-3-hydroxy-5-phenyl-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one, C₁₅H₁₁ClN₂O₂.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).