oficiar
[ofiˈsjaɾ]
The verdict
“oficiar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,277 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,277
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Desempeñar una determinada función; actuar en cierta calidad o carácter, generalmente fuera de lo ordinario.
Corpus desk
Index ES-oficiar · oficiar · Spanish
oficiar · rank #63,277 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,277
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH offside
Nearest frequency peer: offside (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “oficiar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- ocuparé
ocuparé
36,728 corpus weight
- odas
odas
36,727 corpus weight
- offside
offside
36,725 corpus weight
- oficiar
oficiar
36,724 corpus weight
- ondulada
ondulada
36,721 corpus weight
- operatorio
operatorio
36,720 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “oficiar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oficiar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ofiˈsjaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,277 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “oficiar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
oficiar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,277 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ofiˈsjaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Desempeñar una determinada función; actuar en cierta calidad o carácter, generalmente fuera de lo ordinario.".
No misspelling variants are generated for oficiar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is oficiar, spelled O-F-I-C-I-A-R.
Definition
- 1Desempeñar una determinada función; actuar en cierta calidad o carácter, generalmente fuera de lo ordinario.
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.
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