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oft^¹

/ɔft/ US
/ɑft/ cot caught merger
/ɒft/ UK

Sounds like offed · Rhymes with -ɒft

Where it comes from

From Middle English oft (also ofte, often > Modern English often), from Old English oft (“often”), from Proto-West Germanic *oftu, *oftō, from Proto-Germanic *uftō (“often”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian oafte (“oft, often”), West Frisian oft, ofte (“oft, often”), Dutch oft (“oft, often”), German oft (“oft, often”). More at often.

adverb ofter · oftest

dialectal, in compounds, poetic often; frequently; not rarely An oft-told tale

OFT^²

proper noun

UK, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Office of Fair Trading

noun OFTs

abbreviation, initialism Initialism of orbital flight test
Similar: OTF

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ofttimes, oftentimes, often, frequently, finisher, returning, regularly, repeatedly, usually, commonly, constantly, continually, recurringly, habitually, always, perpetually

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adv often; frequently; not rarely; many times

Français	souvent
Русский	часто často

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@misc{oft_2026,
  title = {oft},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oft},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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