Opfer

/[ˈɔp͡fɐ]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#837

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

Opfer is aGermannoun. It means: meist rituelle Gabe an einen Gott Pronounced [ˈɔp͡fɐ]. It ranks #837 in German word frequency. Often confused with over and order.

Key facts for Opfer
PropertyValue
HeadwordOpfer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɔp͡fɐ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#837
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Opfer in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Opfer is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɔp͡fɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #837 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Opfer, with forms such as "ofper", "opefr", and "opferr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "over", "order", "other", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Opfer, spelled O-P-F-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    meist rituelle Gabe an einen Gott
  2. 2
    etwas, das man abgibt oder spendet, so dass man selbst darauf verzichten muss
  3. 3
    jemand, der durch etwas Schaden erlitten hat
  4. 4
    die freiwillige Hergabe eines Bauern oder einer Figur in der Erwartung, dadurch einen andersartigen (eventuell größeren) Vorteil zu erreichen (Kompensation erlangen)
  5. 5
    angelehnt an [3], jemand, der schwach, dumm oder unterlegen ist

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ofper,opefr,opferr,opffer,opfre,oppfer,pofer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Opfer

Misspelling Variants of "Opfer"

ofper5opefr5opferr6opffer6opfre5oppfer6pofer5
Misspelling Variants of "Opfer"

Frequency rank: #837 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Opfer"?
"Opfer" is spelled O-P-F-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɔp͡fɐ].
What does "Opfer" mean?
As a noun, "Opfer" means: meist rituelle Gabe an einen Gott
What words are commonly confused with "Opfer"?
"Opfer" is commonly confused with "over", "order", "other". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Opfer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Opfer" is [ˈɔp͡fɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Opfer" come from?
"Opfer" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.