Oxford
\ɔks.fɔʁd\
The verdict
“Oxford” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,918. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,918
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville, district et cité d’Angleterre situé dans le comté du Oxfordshire, duquel elle est le chef-lieu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oxford · Oxford · French
Oxford · rank #10,918 · 9 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,918
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH oriental
Nearest frequency peer: oriental (-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 « Oxford »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- nutrition
nutrition
89,086 corpus weight
- obtiennent
obtiennent
89,085 corpus weight
- oriental
oriental
89,084 corpus weight
- Oxford
Oxford
89,083 corpus weight
- pains
pains
89,082 corpus weight
- parlaient
parlaient
89,081 corpus weight
What this shows « Oxford » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Oxford |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɔks.fɔʁd\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,918 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Oxford »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Oxford (IPA \ɔks.fɔʁd\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #10,918 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Oxford, with forms such as "ofxord", "oxfford", and "oxfodr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Oxford, spelled O-X-F-O-R-D.
Definition
- 1Ville, district et cité d’Angleterre situé dans le comté du Oxfordshire, duquel elle est le chef-lieu.
- 2L’université de cette ville.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Oxford appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les personnes atteintes par le nouveau coronavirus sont très peu susceptibles de contracter de nouveau la maladie les six mois suivants, relève une étude de l'université britannique d'Oxford et des hôpitaux universitaires d'Oxford présentée vendredi.
Ainsi Simon, qui avait établi sa réputation avec les miniréfrigérateurs d’hélium portables à Berlin puis Breslau et Oxford, se consacra à la construction d’une usine qui devait occuper une vingtaine d’hectares et consommer 60 000 kilowatts.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ofxord
- oxfford
- oxfodr
- oxfordd
- oxforrd
- oxfrod
- oxofrd
- oxxford
- xoford
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Oxford - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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