claudevsopenConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#8,038
“claude” frequency rank
#2,607
“open” frequency rank
10645
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature claude open
Definition Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs clauder (unabhängig von Person und Numerus) etwas ist nicht geschlossen

Letter map: claude vs open

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

6 ch
claude
4 ch
open

Role in the sentence - claude and open

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: claude is averb and openanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10645, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

claude is recorded at frequency rank #8,038, classified as averb, 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 10645, this pair ranks #1,974,070 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of claude vs open

Shared letters: e. Private to "claude": acdlu. Private to "open": nop.

"claude" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV  ·  "open" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • claudecalude · cclaude · cladue · claudde · claued · cllaude · cluade · lcaude
  • openoepn · openn · opne · oppen · poen

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "claude" for "open" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "claude" is a verb and "open" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "claude" or "open"?
"open" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,607 in our German list, against #8,038 for "claude". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "claude" 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 #1,974,070 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "claude" and "open" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "claude 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 #1,974,070 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