offenbar
\ɔfn̩baːɐ̯\
The verdict
“offenbar” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manifeste, apparent, évident.
Corpus desk
Index FR-offenbar · offenbar · French
offenbar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | offenbar |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɔfn̩baːɐ̯\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
offenbar is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɔfn̩baːɐ̯\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Manifeste, apparent, évident.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for offenbar, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is offenbar, spelled O-F-F-E-N-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1Manifeste, apparent, évident.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.