AlexejvsopenTell them apart

Quick tell: Alexej is a name, open is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Alexej” is a name and “open” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,505
“Alexej” frequency rank
#2,607
“open” frequency rank
37112
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Alexej open
Definition männlicher Vorname etwas ist nicht geschlossen

Letter map: Alexej vs open

Shared letters muted; letters that set Alexej and open apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. Alexej runs 6 letters (VCVCVC) against open's 4 (VCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
Alexej
4 ch
open

Role in the sentence - Alexej and open

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Alexej is aname and openanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37112, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Alexej is recorded at frequency rank #34,505, classified as aname, pronounced […]. open is at rank #2,607, tagged as anadj, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 37112, this pair ranks #1,598,539 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Alexej vs open

Shared letters: e. Private to "Alexej": ajlx. Private to "open": nop.

"Alexej" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "open" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Alexejaelxej · aleexj · alexejj · alexje · alexxej · allexej · alxeej · laexej
  • openoepn · openn · opne · oppen · poen

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Alexej" and "open" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Alexej" is a name and "open" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Alexej" or "open"?
"open" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,607 in our German list, against #34,505 for "Alexej". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "Alexej" vs "open" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Alexej" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "open" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,598,539 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Alexej" and "open" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Alexej vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,598,539 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list