off

adv

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The verdict

“off” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #3,093) as an adverb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#3,093
frequency rank, Portuguese
385
“O” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - de maneira distanciada

Corpus desk

Index PT-off · off · Portuguese

off · rank #3,093 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,093
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 385
  • PHOTO-FINISH máxima

Nearest frequency peer: máxima (-1 rank slots)

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.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “off”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “off” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

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)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “off”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).offcai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “máxima” (#3,092), “mental” (#3,091), “lar” (#3,089). Entre 385 lemas com “O”, “off” fica em #3,093. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for off is neighbouring look-alikes ("os", "ou", …), not just typos; it is anadverb. Frequency #3,093 among 385 “O” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "off", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lar#3,089cão#3,065voo#3,051sal#3,168

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list