office

//ˈɒf.ɪs// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,097

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

office is aSpanishnoun. It means: Oficina. Pronounced /ˈɒf.ɪs/. Often confused with ofrece.

Key facts for office
PropertyValue
Headwordoffice
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɒf.ɪs/
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,097
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of office in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for office is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɒf.ɪs/. Corpus data places it at rank #11,097 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Oficina.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for office, with forms such as "fofice", "offcie", and "officce". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "ofrece", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is office, spelled O-F-F-I-C-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Oficina.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fofice,offcie,officce,offiec,offise,ofice,ofifce

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for office

Misspelling Variants of "office"

fofice6offcie6officce7offiec6offise6ofice5ofifce6
Misspelling Variants of "office"

Frequency rank: #11,097 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "office"?
"office" is spelled O-F-F-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɒf.ɪs/.
What does "office" mean?
As a noun, "office" means: Oficina.
What words are commonly confused with "office"?
"office" is commonly confused with "ofrece". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "office"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "office" is /ˈɒf.ɪs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "office" come from?
"office" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.