oficina
"oficina" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“oficina” is uncommon English (frequency #97,380 among 15,494 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,380
- frequency rank, English
- 15,494
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A nitrate-producing factory in a Spanish-speaking country.
| 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) |
Where “oficina” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
oficina is uncommon English at frequency #97,380 among 15,494 “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.
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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Using “oficina”
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- The one correct English spelling is O-F-I-C-I-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.