oxen
ox·en/ˈɑksən/adjective, noun
oxen is spelled O-X-E-N: 4 letters and 2 syllables (ox·en). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, oxen means “Of, relating to, or resembling an ox; oxlike” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in oxen?
| Letters | 4: O-X-E-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ox·en |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 32,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 oxen?
Oxen appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th 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 oxen?
- US /ˈɑksən/
- UK /ˈɒksən/
Oxen has 2 syllables, split ox·en in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-oxen.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with oxen?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as oxen from its last stressed vowel (/ɑksən/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: exon.
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).
What does oxen mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of, relating to, or resembling an ox; oxlike
noun
- 1
plural of ox
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does oxen come from?
From Middle English oxen, from Old English oxan, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsan, from Proto-Germanic *uhsniz, nominative and accusative plural of *uhsô (“ox”), equivalent to ox + -en (plural ending).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).