offsvsopsWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: offs is a verb, ops is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“offs” is a verb and “ops” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,694
“offs” frequency rank
#32,506
“ops” frequency rank
57200
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature offs ops
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de off. Capacité, habilité.

Letter map: offs vs ops

Shared letters muted; letters that set offs and ops apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
offs
3 ch
ops

Grammar separator: offs vs ops

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: offs is averb and opsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57200, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

offs is recorded at frequency rank #24,694, classified as averb, pronounced \ˈɔfs\. ops is at rank #32,506, tagged as anoun.

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 57200, this pair ranks #116,455 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of offs vs ops

Shared letters: os. Private to "offs": f. Private to "ops": p.

"offs" · 4 letters · shape VCCC  ·  "ops" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • offsfofs · offss · ofs · ofsf

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "offs" for "ops" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "offs" is a verb and "ops" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "offs" or "ops"?
"offs" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,694 in our French list, against #32,506 for "ops". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "offs" and "ops".

  • Full dictionary entry for "offs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ops" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #116,455 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "offs" and "ops" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "och vs ops". 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 #116,455 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list