offshore
[ˈɔfʃoːɐ̯]
The verdict
“offshore” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,999. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,999
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vor der Küste
Corpus desk
Index DE-offshore · offshore · German
offshore · rank #18,999 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,999
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Oettinger
Nearest frequency peer: Oettinger (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “offshore”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- obi
obi
81,005 corpus weight
- Obmann
Obmann
81,004 corpus weight
- Oettinger
Oettinger
81,003 corpus weight
- offshore
offshore
81,002 corpus weight
- oha
oha
81,001 corpus weight
- Ordnungsamt
Ordnungsamt
81,000 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “offshore” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | offshore |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɔfʃoːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #18,999 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “offshore” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around offshore (IPA [ˈɔfʃoːɐ̯]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,999 among 1,007 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "vor der Küste".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for offshore, with forms such as "fofshore", "offhsore", and "offshhore". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is offshore, spelled O-F-F-S-H-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1vor der Küste
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how offshore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Unser Unternehmen wird sich zukünftig auch offshore engagieren.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fofshore
- offhsore
- offshhore
- offshoer
- offshorre
- offshroe
- offsohre
- offsshore
- ofsfhore
- ofshore
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of offshore - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "offshore", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "offshore". Here's where to go from here.
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #18,999 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "O" letter cohort. O–Z browse
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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.