oficiar
[ofiˈsjaɾ]
The verdict
“oficiar” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #63,277 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #63,277
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Desempeñar una determinada función; actuar en cierta calidad o carácter, generalmente fuera de lo ordinario.
| 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) |
Where “oficiar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for oficiar is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ofiˈsjaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #63,277 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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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Using “oficiar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-F-I-C-I-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ofiˈsjaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.