Which to use
“offrait” and “offrir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,023
- “offrait” frequency rank
- #1,569
- “offrir” frequency rank
- 14592
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | offrait | offrir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de offrir. | Présenter quelque chose à quelqu’un, en souhaitant qu’il l’accepte. |
Where the eye mixes offrait and offrir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between offrait and offrir
A purely visual mix-up. offrait (\ɔ.fʁɛ\) and offrir (\ɔ.fʁiʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14592, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
offrait is recorded at frequency rank #13,023, classified as averb, pronounced \ɔ.fʁɛ\. offrir is at rank #1,569, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɔ.fʁiʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 14592, this pair ranks #396,004 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of offrait vs offrir
Shared letters: fior. Private to "offrait": at. Private to "offrir": -.
"offrait" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC · "offrir" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "offrait" and "offrir" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "offrait" or "offrir"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "offrait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "offrir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #396,004 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "offrait" and "offrir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "offrait vs opérait". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #396,004 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.