ox
[ˈoks]
The verdict
“ox” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,496 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,496
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Interjección que se usa para espantar la caza y las aves domésticas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ox · ox · Spanish
ox · rank #59,496 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,496
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH pair
Nearest frequency peer: pair (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “ox”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- organizador…
organizadoras
40,510 corpus weight
- oroya
oroya
40,508 corpus weight
- osada
osada
40,507 corpus weight
- ox
ox
40,505 corpus weight
- pair
pair
40,504 corpus weight
- Palmares
Palmares
40,503 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ox” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ox |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [ˈoks] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #59,496 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ox” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ox is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,496 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [ˈoks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Interjección que se usa para espantar la caza y las aves domésticas.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ox, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is ox, spelled O-X.
Definition
- 1Interjección que se usa para espantar la caza y las aves domésticas.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.