Which to use
“champion” is a noun and “open” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,693
- “champion” frequency rank
- #2,607
- “open” frequency rank
- 11300
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | champion | open |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | der Gewinner, Meister, Sieger | etwas ist nicht geschlossen |
Letter map: champion vs open
Shared letters muted; letters that set champion and open apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for champion / open
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: champion is anoun and openanadjective. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11300, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
champion is recorded at frequency rank #8,693, 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 11300, this pair ranks #1,970,602 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of champion vs open
Shared letters: nop. Private to "champion": achim. Private to "open": e.
"champion" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC · "open" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "champion" for "open" ever safe?
Frequency check: "champion" vs "open" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "champion" vs "open" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "champion" 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 #1,970,602 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "champion" and "open" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "champion 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 #1,970,602 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.