oftentime
/ˈɒfəntaɪm/
"oftentime" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“oftentime” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (elsewhere, archaic) Synonym of oftentimes.
Corpus desk
Index EN-oftentime · oftentime · English
oftentime · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oftentime |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈɒfəntaɪm/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “oftentime” in English
Rare enough to double-check
oftentime is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ˈɒfəntaɪm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(elsewhere, archaic) Synonym of oftentimes.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for oftentime, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from the Middle English oftyntyme; equivalent to often + time. Compare oftentimes. The correct English form is oftentime, spelled O-F-T-E-N-T-I-M-E.
Definition
- 1(elsewhere, archaic) Synonym of oftentimes.
Etymology
Inherited from the Middle English oftyntyme; equivalent to often + time. Compare oftentimes.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.