des Öfteren

[dɛs ˈœftɐʁən]

/[dɛs ˈœftɐʁən]/ adv

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The verdict

“des Öfteren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - viele Male

Corpus desk

Index DE-des-ofteren · des Öfteren · German

des Öfteren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for des Öfteren
PropertyValue
Headworddes Öfteren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[dɛs ˈœftɐʁən]
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “des Öfteren” sits in German frequency

des Öfteren falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

des Öfteren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [dɛs ˈœftɐʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "viele Male".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for des Öfteren, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is des Öfteren, spelled D-E-S- -Ö-F-T-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    viele Male

Synonyms

bisweilendann und wanngelegentlichhäufigmanchmalmehrfachmehrmalsmitunteroftverschiedentlichvielmalswiederholtx-malzeitweiligzuweilen

Antonyms

manchmalgelegentlichseltenkaumnie

This word in other languages

many a time(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "des Öfteren"?
"des Öfteren" is spelled D-E-S- -Ö-F-T-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [dɛs ˈœftɐʁən].
What does "des Öfteren" mean?
As an adverb, "des Öfteren" means: viele Male
How do you pronounce "des Öfteren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "des Öfteren" is [dɛs ˈœftɐʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "des Öfteren" come from?
"des Öfteren" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list