Offizin

[ɔfiˈt͡siːn]

/[ɔfiˈt͡siːn]/ noun

The verdict

“Offizin” is uncommon German (frequency #83,121 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,121
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arbeitsraum einer Apotheke beziehungsweise (veraltet) die Apotheke selbst

Corpus desk

Index DE-offizin · Offizin · German

Offizin · rank #83,121 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,121
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH olympisch

Nearest frequency peer: olympisch (+2 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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Offizin“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Offizin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Offizin
PropertyValue
HeadwordOffizin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɔfiˈt͡siːn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#83,121
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Offizin“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Offizinfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „olympisch“ (#83,123), „Observatory“ (#83,118), „Omelett“ (#83,124). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „Offizin“ bei #83,121. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Offizin is uncommon German at frequency #83,121 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɔfiˈt͡siːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Offizin in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Offizin, spelled O-F-F-I-Z-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arbeitsraum einer Apotheke beziehungsweise (veraltet) die Apotheke selbst
  2. 2
    Betrieb, der Druckschriften herstellt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Wie sich jetzt bei der Reprivatisierung der Offizin herausstellt, sind diese orientalischen Schriften in der Nachkriegszeit bis auf einige kyrillische Alphabete verschwunden.“
  2. „Also nicht nur die „berühmten Söhne“, sondern auch die Offizin des Gustav Kühn haben entscheidend zur Bekanntheit der Stadt beigetragen.“

Synonyms

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 "Offizin"?
"Offizin" is spelled O-F-F-I-Z-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɔfiˈt͡siːn].
What does "Offizin" mean?
As a noun, "Offizin" means: Arbeitsraum einer Apotheke beziehungsweise (veraltet) die Apotheke selbst
How do you pronounce "Offizin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Offizin" is [ɔfiˈt͡siːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Offizin" come from?
"Offizin" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list