offre

/\ɔfʁ\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#633

in French word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

offre is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action d’offrir. Pronounced \ɔfʁ\. It ranks #633 in French word frequency. Often confused with ogre and offs.

Key facts for offre
PropertyValue
Headwordoffre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔfʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#633
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of offre in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for offre is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔfʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #633 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for offre, with forms such as "fofre", "offer", and "offrre". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "ogre", "offs", "ordre", 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 French form is offre, spelled O-F-F-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’offrir.
  2. 2
    Proposition.
  3. 3
    Proposition commerciale.
  4. 4
    Quantité de produits mise en vente par les fabricants, les marchands, ou de la quantité de services offerte par les ouvriers, les employés, les domestiques.
  5. 5
    Acte par lequel on propose de payer ce qu’on doit, ou de faire quelque autre chose, afin de prévenir une action judiciaire ou d’arrêter des poursuites.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fofre,offer,offrre,ofre,ofrfe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for offre

Misspelling Variants of "offre"

fofre5offer5offrre6ofre4ofrfe5
Misspelling Variants of "offre"

Frequency rank: #633 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "offre"?
"offre" is spelled O-F-F-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔfʁ\.
What does "offre" mean?
As a noun, "offre" means: Action d’offrir.
What words are commonly confused with "offre"?
"offre" is commonly confused with "ogre", "offs", "ordre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "offre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "offre" is \ɔfʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "offre" come from?
"offre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter O in our French index:

Explore PlainSpell

Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.