Which to use
“class” is a noun and “open” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,026
- “class” frequency rank
- #2,607
- “open” frequency rank
- 13633
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | class | open |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Klasse | etwas ist nicht geschlossen |
Letter map: class vs open
Shared letters muted; letters that set class and open apart highlighted. No shared letter run. class runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against open's 4 (VCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for class / open
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: class is anoun and openanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13633, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
class is recorded at frequency rank #11,026, 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 13633, this pair ranks #1,956,735 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of class vs open
Shared letters: none. Private to "class": acls. Private to "open": enop.
"class" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "open" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "class" and "open" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "class" or "open" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "class" vs "open" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "class" 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 #1,956,735 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "class" and "open" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "class 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 #1,956,735 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.