oxyde

\ɔk.sid\

/\ɔk.sid\/ noun

The verdict

“oxyde” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,782. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,782
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Résultat de la combinaison de l’oxygène avec une autre substance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-oxyde · oxyde · French

oxyde · rank #17,782 · 7 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,782
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH ouin

Nearest frequency peer: ouin (-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 « oxyde »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « oxyde » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

oxyde vs oxydes
83% similar
oxyde vs onde
60% similar
oxyde vs OCDE
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for oxyde
PropertyValue
Headwordoxyde
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔk.sid\
Letters5
Frequency rank#17,782
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « oxyde »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ouin » (#17,781), « paniers » (#17,783), « opérationnels » (#17,780). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « oxyde » est au #17,782. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around oxyde (IPA \ɔk.sid\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,782 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Résultat de la combinaison de l’oxygène avec une autre substance.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for oxyde, with forms such as "oxdye", "oxxyde", and "oxydde". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "oxydes", "onde", "OCDE", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is oxyde, spelled O-X-Y-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Résultat de la combinaison de l’oxygène avec une autre substance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’oxyde de fer qui constitue les octaèdres agit sur l'aiguille aimantée ; aussi on lui donne le nom d’oxyde de fer magnétique, ou, par abréviation, de fer magnétique.
  2. Le verre est le plus souvent diamagnétique, mais quelquefois magnétique à la température ambiante, cela dépend évidemment de la proportion d’oxydes magnétiques qui entrent dans sa composition.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oxdye
  • oxxyde
  • oxydde
  • oxyed
  • oxyyde
  • oyxde
  • xoyde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of oxyde - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

oxdye2oxxyde1oxydde1oxyed2oxyyde1oyxde2xoyde2
Edit distance from "oxyde"

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 "oxyde"?
"oxyde" is spelled O-X-Y-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔk.sid\.
What does "oxyde" mean?
As a noun, "oxyde" means: Résultat de la combinaison de l’oxygène avec une autre substance.
What words are commonly confused with "oxyde"?
"oxyde" is commonly confused with "oxydes", "onde", "OCDE". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "oxyde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oxyde" is \ɔk.sid\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "oxyde" come from?
"oxyde" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list