pox

Other forms of pox

plural

poxes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pox

What does pox mean?

pox means "a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pox?

pox has 1 syllable: pox. In IPA it is /ˈpɑks/.

What is another word for pox?

Close synonyms include syphilis, syph, lues venerea, lues. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pox a common word?

pox is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with pox?

1 word rhymes with pox. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.