oficina

/[ofiˈsina]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#810

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

oficina is aSpanishnoun. It means: Lugar o sitio en el cual se realiza alguna actividad o se trabaja. Pronounced [ofiˈsina]. It ranks #810 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with oficio and oficios.

Key facts for oficina
PropertyValue
Headwordoficina
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ofiˈsina]
Letters7
Frequency rank#810
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for oficina is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ofiˈsina]. Corpus data places it at rank #810 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for oficina, with forms such as "foicina", "ofciina", and "officina". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "oficio", "oficios", "origina", and more, 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 oficina, spelled O-F-I-C-I-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lugar o sitio en el cual se realiza alguna actividad o se trabaja.
  2. 2
    Lugar o aposento donde se atiende, o se despacha.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: foicina,ofciina,officina,oficcina,ofician,oficinna,oficnia,ofiicna,ofisina,oifcina

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for oficina

Misspelling Variants of "oficina"

foicina7ofciina7officina8oficcina8ofician7oficinna8oficnia7ofiicna7
Misspelling Variants of "oficina"

Frequency rank: #810 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "oficina"?
"oficina" is spelled O-F-I-C-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ofiˈsina].
What does "oficina" mean?
As a noun, "oficina" means: Lugar o sitio en el cual se realiza alguna actividad o se trabaja.
What words are commonly confused with "oficina"?
"oficina" is commonly confused with "oficio", "oficios", "origina". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "oficina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oficina" is [ofiˈsina]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "oficina" come from?
"oficina" 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.