Offizin
[ɔfiˈt͡siːn]
The verdict
“Offizin” is an uncommon German word, ranked #83,121 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #83,121
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arbeitsraum einer Apotheke beziehungsweise (veraltet) die Apotheke selbst
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Offizin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔfiˈt͡siːn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,121 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Offizin” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Offizin is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɔfiˈt͡siːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #83,121 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Arbeitsraum einer Apotheke beziehungsweise (veraltet) die Apotheke selbst
- 2Betrieb, der Druckschriften herstellt
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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Using “Offizin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is O-F-F-I-Z-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɔfiˈt͡siːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.