AvalonvsopenWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#49,501
“Avalon” frequency rank
#2,607
“open” frequency rank
52108
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Avalon open
Definition östlichster Teil der kanadischen Insel Neufundland etwas ist nicht geschlossen

Letter map: Avalon vs open

Shared letters muted; letters that set Avalon and open apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

6 ch
Avalon
4 ch
open

Grammar separator: Avalon vs open

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Avalon is aname and openanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52108, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Avalon is recorded at frequency rank #49,501, 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 52108, this pair ranks #1,109,662 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Avalon vs open

Shared letters: no. Private to "Avalon": alv. Private to "open": ep.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Avalonaavlon · avallon · avalno · avalonn · avaoln · avlaon · avvalon · vaalon
  • openoepn · openn · opne · oppen · poen

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Avalon" for "open" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Avalon" is a name and "open" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Avalon" vs "open" - which ranks higher?
"open" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,607 in our German list, against #49,501 for "Avalon". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "Avalon" and "open". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Avalon" 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 #1,109,662 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Avalon" and "open" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Avalon 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 #1,109,662 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