often

Questions about often

What does often mean?

often means "many times at short intervals". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in often?

often has 2 syllables: of-ten. The stress falls on "of". In IPA it is /ˈɔfən/.

What is another word for often?

Close synonyms include frequently, oftentimes, oft, ofttimes, much. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of often?

The recorded antonyms are rarely.

Is often a common word?

often is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.