Oxfam

\ɔks.fam\

/\ɔks.fam\/ name

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The verdict

“Oxfam” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,469. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,469
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
7
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Confédération d’une vingtaine d’organisations caritatives indépendantes à travers le monde.

Corpus desk

Index FR-oxfam · Oxfam · French

Oxfam · rank #38,469 · 7 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,469
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH paintball

Nearest frequency peer: paintball (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Oxfam »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Oxfam » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Oxfam
PropertyValue
HeadwordOxfam
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɔks.fam\
Letters5
Frequency rank#38,469
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Oxfam »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Oxfamse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « paintball » (#38,470), « oum » (#38,467), « panacée » (#38,471). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « Oxfam » est au #38,469. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Oxfam (IPA \ɔks.fam\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #38,469 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Confédération d’une vingtaine d’organisations caritatives indépendantes à travers le monde.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Oxfam, with forms such as "ofxam", "oxafm", and "oxfamm". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Oxfam, spelled O-X-F-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Confédération d’une vingtaine d’organisations caritatives indépendantes à travers le monde.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Oxfam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Lors de la COP28, « l’objectif principal sera d’aboutir à un accord sur la sortie rapide et équitale de toutes les énergies fossiles, pose Guillaume Compain, chargé de plaidoyer climat à Oxfam France ».
  2. Association loi 1901 de solidarité internationale, Oxfam France est membre de la confédération Oxfam, une organisation internationale de développement.

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 - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ofxam2oxafm2oxfamm1oxffam1oxfma2oxxfam1xofam2
Edit distance from "Oxfam"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Oxfam"?
"Oxfam" is spelled O-X-F-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔks.fam\.
What does "Oxfam" mean?
As a proper noun, "Oxfam" means: Confédération d’une vingtaine d’organisations caritatives indépendantes à travers le monde.
What are common misspellings of "Oxfam"?
Common misspellings include "ofxam", "oxafm", "oxfamm", "oxffam", "oxfma". The correct spelling is "Oxfam".
How do you pronounce "Oxfam"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Oxfam" is \ɔks.fam\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Oxfam" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Oxfam", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list