closedvsiiWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: closed is a verb, ii is an unknown, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“closed” is a verb and “ii” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,496
“closed” frequency rank
#520
“ii” frequency rank
32016
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature closed ii
Definition Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs close Nominativ Plural Maskulinum des Pronomens is

Letter map: closed vs ii

Shared letters muted; letters that set closed and ii apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

6 ch
closed
2 ch
ii

Grammar separator: closed vs ii

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: closed is averb and iianunknown. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32016, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

closed is recorded at frequency rank #31,496, classified as averb, pronounced […]. ii is at rank #520, tagged as anunknown, 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 32016, this pair ranks #1,716,488 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of closed vs ii

Shared letters: none. Private to "closed": cdelos. Private to "ii": i.

"closed" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "ii" · 2 letters · shape VV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • closedcclosed · cllosed · cloesd · closde · closedd · clossed · clsoed · colsed

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "closed" for "ii" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "closed" is a verb and "ii" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "closed" or "ii"?
"ii" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #520 in our German list, against #31,496 for "closed". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "closed" and "ii".

  • Full dictionary entry for "closed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ii" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,716,488 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "closed" and "ii" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "closed 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 #1,716,488 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