s’offrir
\s‿ɔ.fʁiʁ\
The verdict
“s’offrir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Forme pronominale de offrir : se payer quelque chose à soi-même.
Corpus desk
Index FR-s-offrir · s’offrir · French
s’offrir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | s’offrir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \s‿ɔ.fʁiʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
s’offrir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿ɔ.fʁiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for s’offrir in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is s’offrir, spelled S-’-O-F-F-R-I-R.
Definition
- 1Forme pronominale de offrir : se payer quelque chose à soi-même.
- 2Se présenter.
- 3Se donner.
- 4Se donner sexuellement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how s’offrir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il vivait comme vivent bien des Parisiens qui ont perdu leur femme étant jeunes, c'est-à-dire qu'il ne se privait pas de s'offrir des consolations, mais il avait toujours sauvegardé les apparences.
Elle s’est donnée à lui, elle ne l’a pas pris. Moi, je me l’étais offert.
This word in other languages
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.