oficina
"oficina" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“oficina” is uncommon English (frequency #97,380 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,380
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A nitrate-producing factory in a Spanish-speaking country.
Corpus desk
Index EN-oficina · oficina · English
oficina · rank #97,380 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,380
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH Offaly
Nearest frequency peer: Offaly (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “oficina”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- nuru
nuru
2,628 corpus weight
- O'Gara
O'Gara
2,625 corpus weight
- obligingly
obligingly
2,623 corpus weight
- Offaly
Offaly
2,622 corpus weight
- oficina
oficina
2,621 corpus weight
- opalescent
opalescent
2,617 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “oficina” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oficina |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,380 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “oficina” in English
Rare enough to double-check
oficina is uncommon English at frequency #97,380 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A nitrate-producing factory in a Spanish-speaking country.".
oficina has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish oficina. Doublet of officina and usine. The correct English form is oficina, spelled O-F-I-C-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1A nitrate-producing factory in a Spanish-speaking country.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oficina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The external aspect of the oficina was not unlike that of a north-country coal or iron mine—tall chimneys and machinery, corrugated iron buildings, offices and houses, the shanties of workmen, a high bank of refuse.
Neighbouring oficinas place nitrate f.o.b. at shipping ports at a cost of from 5s to 5s. 6d. a quintal.
Etymology
From Spanish oficina. Doublet of officina and usine.
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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