of

Name: of, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ɒv/

//ɒv// prep

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“of” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #692) as a preposition. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#692
frequency rank, Spanish: 1,467
“O” headwords: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De, a, para.

Corpus desk

Index ES-of · of · Spanish

of · rank #692 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-CORE #692
LEN-SHORT 2 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 1,467
PHOTO-FINISH objetivo

Nearest frequency peer: objetivo (-1 rank slots)

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.

negro

99,312
niño

99,311
objetivo

99,310
of

99,309
popular

99,308
principio

99,307

What this shows Las barras sitúan “of” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

of vs os

50% similar

of vs ok

50% similar

of vs oh

50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for of
Property	Value
Headword	of
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Preposition
IPA	/ɒv/
Letters	2
Frequency rank	#692
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “of”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).ofcae aquí:

#692

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “objetivo” (#691), “popular” (#693), “niño” (#690). Entre 1,467 lemas con “O”, “of” va en #692. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for of is neighbouring look-alikes ("os", "ok", …), not just typos; it is apreposition pronounced /ɒv/. Frequency #692 among 1,467 “O” headwords. Gloss: "De, a, para.".

No misspelling variants are generated for of in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "os", "ok", "oh", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is of, spelled O-F.

Definition

1
De, a, para.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how of appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "of"?

"of" is spelled O-F. The IPA pronunciation is /ɒv/.

What does "of" mean?

As a preposition, "of" means: De, a, para.

What words are commonly confused with "of"?

"of" is commonly confused with "os", "ok", "oh". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "of"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "of" is /ɒv/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "of" come from?

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