oz
/aʊns/noun
oz is spelled O-Z: 2 letters and one syllable. It appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 7,009th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, oz means “Abbreviation of ounce; any of various units of weight and volume” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of oz is ozs or ozs..
How many letters and syllables are in oz?
| Letters | 2: O-Z |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 10 times per million words; the 7,009th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is oz?
Oz appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 7,009th 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 oz?
- /aʊns/
Oz has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-ounce.wav, En-us-Oz.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vanderdecken-Oz.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of oz
- ozs plural
- oz.
- ozs. plural
- o.z.
- ohzee
- oh-zee
- oh zee
- ozee
- o-zee
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does oz mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of ounce; any of various units of weight and volume.
Add 8 oz of flour.
noun
- 1
An unreal, magical realm.
noun
- 1
USslangAn ounce (especially of marijuana or other drugs).
- 2
Initialism of opportunity zone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Oz in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense ounce:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | oz |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does oz come from?
From Italian oz., abbreviation of onza (obsolete form of oncia).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).