# offspring

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɒfspɹɪŋ/ · frequency rank #10,098

## Definitions
1. A person's daughter or son; a person's child.
2. Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations.
3. An animal or plant's progeny or young.
4. Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.
5. A process launched by another process.

## Etymology
From Middle English ofspring, from Old English ofspring (“offspring, descendants, posterity”), equivalent to off- + spring. Compare Icelandic afspringur (“offspring”). More at off, spring.

## Easily confused with
- **offering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/offering-vs-offspring)

## Common misspellings (13)
`fofspring`, `offpsring`, `offspirng`, `offsppring`, `offsprign`, `offspringg`, `offsprinng`, `offsprnig`, `offsprring`, `offsrping`, `offsspring`, `ofsfpring`, `ofspring`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/offspring