Which to use
“apples” is a noun and “open” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,419
- “apples” frequency rank
- #2,607
- “open” frequency rank
- 26026
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apples | open |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs apple | etwas ist nicht geschlossen |
Letter map: apples vs open
Shared letters muted; letters that set apples and open apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for apples / open
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: apples is anoun and openanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26026, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apples is recorded at frequency rank #23,419, classified as anoun, 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 26026, this pair ranks #1,824,344 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of apples vs open
Shared letters: ep. Private to "apples": als. Private to "open": no.
"apples" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC · "open" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "apples" and "open" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "apples" vs "open" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "apples" vs "open" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "apples" 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 #1,824,344 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apples" and "open" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apples 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 #1,824,344 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.