offshore

/[ˈɔfʃoːɐ̯]/ adj

The verdict

“offshore” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #18,999 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.

#18,999
frequency rank, German
8
letters
10
tracked misspellings

Dominant Wiktionary sense: vor der Küste

Key facts for offshore
PropertyValue
Headwordoffshore
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɔfʃoːɐ̯]
Letters8
Frequency rank#18,999
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “offshore” 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). offshore lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for offshore is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɔfʃoːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,999 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "vor der Küste".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for offshore, with forms such as "fofshore", "offhsore", and "offshhore". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is offshore, spelled O-F-F-S-H-O-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    vor der Küste

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.

Edit distance from "offshore"

fofshore2offhsore2offshhore1offshoer2offshorre1offshroe2offsohre2offsshore1
Edit distance from "offshore"

Frequency rank: #18,999 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "offshore"?
"offshore" is spelled O-F-F-S-H-O-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɔfʃoːɐ̯].
What does "offshore" mean?
As an adjective, "offshore" means: vor der Küste
What are common misspellings of "offshore"?
Common misspellings include "fofshore", "offhsore", "offshhore", "offshoer", "offshorre". The correct spelling is "offshore".
How do you pronounce "offshore"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "offshore" is [ˈɔfʃoːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "offshore" come from?
"offshore" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “offshore”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is O-F-F-S-H-O-R-E — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈɔfʃoːɐ̯] (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

Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter O in our German index:

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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.