oficina
/ɔ.fi.ˈsi.nɐ/
The verdict
“oficina” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,789. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,789
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 846
- “O” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - lugar onde se exerce um ofício
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oficina |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɔ.fi.ˈsi.nɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,789 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “oficina” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around oficina (IPA /ɔ.fi.ˈsi.nɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,789 among 846 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for oficina, with forms such as "foicina", "ofciina", and "officina". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is oficina, spelled O-F-I-C-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1lugar onde se exerce um ofício
- 2lugar onde se fazem consertos
- 3lugar de igreja, convento, etc., destinado ao refeitório, despensa ou cozinha
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: foicina,ofciina,officina,oficcina,ofician,oficinna,oficnia,ofiicna,oifcina
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of oficina - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “oficina”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-F-I-C-I-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɔ.fi.ˈsi.nɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.