oxyrhynchus
/ˌɒksɪˈɹɪŋkəs/noun
oxyrhynchus is spelled O-X-Y-R-H-Y-N-C-H-U-S: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, oxyrhynchus means “a fish with a pointed snout” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of oxyrhynchus is oxyrhynchi.
How many letters and syllables are in oxyrhynchus?
| Letters | 11: O-X-Y-R-H-Y-N-C-H-U-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 165,739th 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 oxyrhynchus?
Oxyrhynchus appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th 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 oxyrhynchus?
- US /ˌɒksɪˈɹɪŋkəs/
- UK /ˌɑksiˈɹɪŋkəs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with oxyrhynchus?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as oxyrhynchus from its last stressed vowel (/ɪŋkəs/):
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 oxyrhynchus
- oxyrhynchi plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does oxyrhynchus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
a fish with a pointed snout
- 2
Mormyrus kannume
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does oxyrhynchus come from?
From New Latin oxyrhynchus, from Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (oxŭ́rrhŭnkhos, “a kind of Egyptian fish”) (whence also the place name Ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (Oxŭ́rrhŭnkhos), from ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s, “sharp”) + ῥῠ́γχος (rhŭ́nkhos, “snout”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).