Often times wrong

Why would anyone, especially one who is an alleged professional writer, think that often times is correct?

The word is oftentimes. But the writer could have used ofttimes or the simpler often.

Maybe I’m expecting too much from this writer, because in the same article on Yahoo! Shine she apparently thinks gentleman is a plural and as modeling by is correct:

Oftentimes it’s misspelled

Oftentimes, the writers at Yahoo! Shine add a space to the adverb:

As two words, it makes no sense. A better option? Use oftentimes, the shorter often, or the quaint ofttimes.

Often times is wrong

The correct word is oftentimes or even the quaint ofttimes. But as two words, it just doesn’t make sense, as illustrated by this excerpt from Yahoo! Shine:

The shorter, less formal often might have been a better choice. As for “go dutch,” the dictionaries I use prefer “go Dutch” — but maybe that’s too formal for the Internet.