Oxfam
/ˈɒksfæm/
"oxfam" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Oxfam” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,011. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,011
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A United Kingdom-based charity focused on alleviating global poverty and operating a chain of charity shops.
Corpus desk
Index EN-oxfam · Oxfam · English
Oxfam · rank #39,011 · 7 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,011
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH Padua
Nearest frequency peer: Padua (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Oxfam”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- outcrop
outcrop
60,995 corpus weight
- outlander
outlander
60,994 corpus weight
- overloading
overloading
60,992 corpus weight
- Oxfam
Oxfam
60,990 corpus weight
- Padua
Padua
60,989 corpus weight
- panning
panning
60,986 corpus weight
What this shows “Oxfam” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Oxfam |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɒksfæm/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #39,011 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Oxfam”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Oxfam (IPA /ˈɒksfæm/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #39,011 among 1,431 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A United Kingdom-based charity focused on alleviating global poverty and operating a chain of charity shops.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Oxfam, with forms such as "ofxam", "oxafm", and "oxfamm". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Syllabic abbreviation of Oxford Committee for Famine Relief: originally the telegraphic address of the organisation. The correct English form is Oxfam, spelled O-X-F-A-M.
Definition
- 1A United Kingdom-based charity focused on alleviating global poverty and operating a chain of charity shops.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Oxfam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[E]xquisitely torn jeans adorned the 'Hard Times' cover of The Face, while the long macs and second-hand suits of the 'Oxfam brigade', with their doomy Joy Division rock and George Orwell haircuts, made a suitable fanfare for the advent of the dreaded 1984. In one sense Oxfam chic was a lament for the passing of the old working-class certainties […]
In the town center of the village I live in, there is an Oxfam shop, a Salvation Army shop, a Heart Disease UK shop, and a Cancer Research shop. They sell the usual thrift store stuff of used clothes and books.
Etymology
Syllabic abbreviation of Oxford Committee for Famine Relief: originally the telegraphic address of the organisation.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ofxam
- oxafm
- oxfamm
- oxffam
- oxfma
- oxxfam
- xofam
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Oxfam - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
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