öfters
[ˈœftɐs]
The verdict
“öfters” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,672. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,672
- frequency rank, German
- 533
- “Ö” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zu mehreren unbestimmten, regelmäßigen oder unregelmäßigen Zeitpunkten oder Zeitabschnitten
Corpus desk
Index DE-ofters · öfters · German
öfters · rank #5,672 · 9 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,672
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 533
- PHOTO-FINISH überlebt
Nearest frequency peer: überlebt (+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 “öfters”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Zusammenhän…
Zusammenhänge
94,332 corpus weight
- Zwang
Zwang
94,331 corpus weight
- öfters
öfters
94,329 corpus weight
- überlebt
überlebt
94,328 corpus weight
- absolviert
absolviert
94,327 corpus weight
- Anblick
Anblick
94,326 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “öfters” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | öfters |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈœftɐs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,672 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “öfters” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around öfters (IPA [ˈœftɐs]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #5,672 among 533 “Ö” headwords. Dominant gloss: "zu mehreren unbestimmten, regelmäßigen oder unregelmäßigen Zeitpunkten oder Zeitabschnitten".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for öfters, with forms such as "föters", "öfetrs", and "öffters". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Ortes", "Otter", "Ostern", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is öfters, spelled Ö-F-T-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1zu mehreren unbestimmten, regelmäßigen oder unregelmäßigen Zeitpunkten oder Zeitabschnitten
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- föters
- öfetrs
- öffters
- öfterrs
- öfterss
- öftesr
- öftres
- öftters
- ötfers
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of öfters - 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 May 6, 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 "öfters", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
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.