# Oxley

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #37,612

## Definitions
1. A suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SJ9101).
2. A community in the town of Essex, Essex County, Ontario, Canada.
3. A number of places in Australia, most of which are named after John Oxley:
4. A number of places in Australia, most of which are named after John Oxley:
5. A number of places in Australia, most of which are named after John Oxley:
6. A number of places in Australia, most of which are named after John Oxley:
7. A number of places in Australia, most of which are named after John Oxley:
8. A number of places in Australia, most of which are named after John Oxley:
9. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English oxa (“ox”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to ox + -ley (“lea”).

## Easily confused with
- **ole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ole-vs-oxley)
- **only** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/only-vs-oxley)
- **obey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/obey-vs-oxley)
- **oily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oily-vs-oxley)
- **Oleg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oleg-vs-oxley)
- **oxen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oxen-vs-oxley)
- **OLED** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oled-vs-oxley)
- **okey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/okey-vs-oxley)
- **ogle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogle-vs-oxley)
- **oiled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oiled-vs-oxley)
- **Olney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olney-vs-oxley)
- **Oakley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oakley-vs-oxley)

## Common misspellings (7)
`olxey`, `oxely`, `oxleyy`, `oxlley`, `oxlye`, `oxxley`, `xoley`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/oxley