Offensive
[ɔfɛnˈziːvə]
The verdict
“Offensive” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,371. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,371
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vorgehen gegen einen Gegner oder Feind
Corpus desk
Index DE-offensive · Offensive · German
Offensive · rank #7,371 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,371
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH optimal
Nearest frequency peer: optimal (+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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Offensive“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- nachfolgend…
nachfolgenden
92,633 corpus weight
- nackte
nackte
92,632 corpus weight
- Offensive
Offensive
92,630 corpus weight
- optimal
optimal
92,629 corpus weight
- ordentlichen
ordentlichen
92,628 corpus weight
- Panorama
Panorama
92,627 corpus weight
What this shows „Offensive“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Offensive |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔfɛnˈziːvə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #7,371 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Offensive“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Offensive (IPA [ɔfɛnˈziːvə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,371 among 1,007 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Offensive, with forms such as "fofensive", "ofefnsive", and "ofensive". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Offensiven", "Offense", "offensiv", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Offensive, spelled O-F-F-E-N-S-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Vorgehen gegen einen Gegner oder Feind
- 2entschlossener Einsatz; festes Vorhaben, etwas durchzusetzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Offensive appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es wird von einer Offensive gemunkelt.“
„Man wußte, wann die Offensive losging, die Mädchen brachten es mit, die bei den hohen Offizieren bedienten.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fofensive
- ofefnsive
- ofensive
- offenisve
- offennsive
- offensiev
- offensivve
- offenssive
- offensvie
- offesnive
- offnesive
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Offensive - 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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Offensive", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).