off

adv

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The verdict

“off” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #3,093 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adverb.

#3,093
frequency rank, Portuguese
3
letters
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - de maneira distanciada

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

off vs os
33% similar
off vs ou
33% similar
off vs oi
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for off
PropertyValue
Headwordoff
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdverb
Letters3
Frequency rank#3,093
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “off” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). off lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for off is 3 letters long, classified as an adverb. Corpus data places it at rank #3,093 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Zero misspellings are on record for off in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "os", "ou", "oi", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is off, spelled O-F-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    de maneira distanciada
  2. 2
    de maneira que é descontado certo valor ou percentual na aquisição

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "off"?
"off" is spelled O-F-F.
What does "off" mean?
As an adverb, "off" means: de maneira distanciada
What words are commonly confused with "off"?
"off" is commonly confused with "os", "ou", "oi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "off" come from?
"off" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “off”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-F-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “os” - see the side-by-side comparison. off vs os
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list