offrir

/\ɔ.fʁiʁ\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,569

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

offrir is aFrenchverb. It means: Présenter quelque chose à quelqu’un, en souhaitant qu’il l’accepte. Pronounced \ɔ.fʁiʁ\. It ranks #1,569 in French word frequency. Often confused with ouvrir and offrira.

Key facts for offrir
PropertyValue
Headwordoffrir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɔ.fʁiʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,569
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for offrir is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔ.fʁiʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,569 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for offrir, with forms such as "fofrir", "offirr", and "offrirr". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "ouvrir", "offrira", "offrirai", 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 offrir, spelled O-F-F-R-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Présenter quelque chose à quelqu’un, en souhaitant qu’il l’accepte.
  2. 2
    Proposer les services d’une personne.
  3. 3
    Faire une offrande ou un don en hommage à un dieu (ou à Dieu).
  4. 4
    Présenter à Dieu, en expiation de ses péchés.
  5. 5
    Proposer.
  6. 6
    Proposer de donner ou de faire à telle ou telle condition.
  7. 7
    Présenter à la vue ou à l’esprit.
  8. 8
    Présenter à l'usage.
  9. 9
    Se payer quelque chose.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: fofrir,offirr,offrirr,offrri,offrrir,ofrfir,ofrir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for offrir

Misspelling Variants of "offrir"

fofrir6offirr6offrirr7offrri6offrrir7ofrfir6ofrir5
Misspelling Variants of "offrir"

Frequency rank: #1,569 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "offrir"?
"offrir" is spelled O-F-F-R-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.fʁiʁ\.
What does "offrir" mean?
As a verb, "offrir" means: Présenter quelque chose à quelqu’un, en souhaitant qu’il l’accepte.
What words are commonly confused with "offrir"?
"offrir" is commonly confused with "ouvrir", "offrira", "offrirai". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "offrir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "offrir" is \ɔ.fʁiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "offrir" come from?
"offrir" is a French 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.