ofer
/ˈoʊfɚ/
"ofer" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ofer” is uncommon English (frequency #74,361 among 15,494 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,361
- frequency rank, English
- 15,494
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative form of oh for.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ofer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈoʊfɚ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #74,361 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ofer” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ofer is uncommon English at frequency #74,361 among 15,494 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈoʊfɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of oh for.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ofer, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is ofer, spelled O-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of oh for.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ofer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is O-F-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.