offrir
\ɔ.fʁiʁ\
The verdict
“offrir” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,569. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,569
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Présenter quelque chose à quelqu’un, en souhaitant qu’il l’accepte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-offrir · offrir · French
offrir · rank #1,569 · 7 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,569
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH mardi
Nearest frequency peer: mardi (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “offrir”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- fonctions
fonctions
98,435 corpus weight
- malheureuse…
malheureusement
98,434 corpus weight
- mardi
mardi
98,433 corpus weight
- offrir
offrir
98,432 corpus weight
- prennent
prennent
98,431 corpus weight
- religieux
religieux
98,430 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “offrir” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | offrir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɔ.fʁiʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,569 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “offrir” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around offrir (IPA \ɔ.fʁiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,569 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for offrir, with forms such as "fofrir", "offirr", and "offrirr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "ouvrir", "offrira", "offrirai", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is offrir, spelled O-F-F-R-I-R.
Definition
- 1Présenter quelque chose à quelqu’un, en souhaitant qu’il l’accepte.
- 2Proposer les services d’une personne.
- 3Faire une offrande ou un don en hommage à un dieu (ou à Dieu).
- 4Présenter à Dieu, en expiation de ses péchés.
- 5Proposer.
- 6Proposer de donner ou de faire à telle ou telle condition.
- 7Présenter à la vue ou à l’esprit.
- 8Présenter à l'usage.
- 9Se payer quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how offrir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je lui eusse offert un de ces londrès de choix dont ma sacoche est largement approvisionnée.
Contre toute attente, cette proposition n'est pas du goût du shah qui préfère s'en aller cette fois encore, après avoir cependant offert un plateau de fruits aux tentatrices. Autre pays, autres mœurs.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- fofrir
- offirr
- offrirr
- offrri
- offrrir
- ofrfir
- ofrir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of offrir - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "offrir", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "offrir". Here's where to go from here.
- "offrir" maps to 7 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ouvrir". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,569 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "O" letter cohort. O–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.