office

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The verdict

“office” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #5,205 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#5,205
frequency rank, German
6
letters
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arbeitsraum für Verwaltung und Planung: Büro

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

office vs öffne
50% similar
office vs Öffis
50% similar
office vs offline
71% similar

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

Key facts for office
PropertyValue
Headwordoffice
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,205
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “office” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). office lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for office is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,205 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for office, with forms such as "fofice", "offcie", and "officce". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "öffne", "Öffis", "offline", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 German form is office, spelled O-F-F-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arbeitsraum für Verwaltung und Planung: Büro
  2. 2
    Mehrheit von Arbeitsräumen, Gebäude mit solchen Räumen, Sitz eines Dienstleisters: Büro, Geschäftsstelle; Praxis, Kanzlei, Niederlassung
  3. 3
    Institution der staatlichen Verwaltung: Behörde, Amt; speziell, mit großen Anfangsbuchstaben: Bezeichnung einer bestimmten Behörde; Teil der Regierung (UK): Ministerium, Ministerialamt
  4. 4
    Personal einer Behörde oder eines Unternehmens: Büro
  5. 5
    verantwortungsvolle Stellung einer Person innerhalb einer Organisation; (öffentliches, staatliches) Amt
  6. 6
    das, was jemand tun muss: Aufgabe, Pflicht
  7. 7
    Tätigkeiten für jemand anderen: Dienst, Verrichtung
  8. 8
    kirchliches Ritual: Gottesdienst, Amt; Ehrendienst

Synonyms

agencysurgeryauthoritybureaudepartmentministrystaffpositionpostdutyobligation

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fofice,offcie,officce,offiec,ofice,ofifce

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of office - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

fofice2offcie2officce1offiec2ofice1ofifce2
Edit distance from "office"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "office"?
"office" is spelled O-F-F-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "office" mean?
As a noun, "office" means: Arbeitsraum für Verwaltung und Planung: Büro
What words are commonly confused with "office"?
"office" is commonly confused with "öffne", "Öffis", "offline". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "office"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "office" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "office" come from?
"office" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “office”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is O-F-F-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “öffne” - see the side-by-side comparison. office vs öffne
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list