# oft

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ɔft/ · frequency rank #21,016

## Definitions
1. often; frequently; not rarely

## Etymology
From Middle English oft (also ofte, often > Modern English often), from Old English oft (“often”), from Proto-West Germanic *oftu, *oftō, from Proto-Germanic *uftō (“often”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian oafte (“oft, often”), West Frisian oft, ofte (“oft, often”), Dutch oft (“oft, often”), German oft (“oft, often”). More at often.

## Easily confused with
- **on** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oft-vs-on)
- **or** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oft-vs-or)
- **OH** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oft-vs-oh)
- **OK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oft-vs-ok)
- **op** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oft-vs-op)
- **OS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oft-vs-os)
- **oz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oft-vs-oz)
- **OT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oft-vs-ot)
- **ou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oft-vs-ou)
- **OG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oft-vs-og)
- **oi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oft-vs-oi)
- **ow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oft-vs-ow)
- **oo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oft-vs-oo)
- **om** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oft-vs-om)
- **ox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oft-vs-ox)
- **OJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oft-vs-oj)
- **oy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oft-vs-oy)
- **ov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oft-vs-ov)
- **one** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oft-vs-one)
- **out** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oft-vs-out)

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