offy
noun
offy is spelled O-F-F-Y: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, offy means “An off-licence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of offy is offies.
How many letters and syllables are in offy?
| Letters | 4: O-F-F-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 150,355th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is offy?
Offy appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce offy?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-offy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of offy
- offies plural
- offie
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does offy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
IrelandUKslangAn off-licence.
- 2
AustraliaslangAn off break.
- 3
AustraliaslangAn off spinner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does offy come from?
From off (“first element of noun”) + -y (“diminutive suffix”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).