# European vs opening

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### European
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #7,604*
Europäer

### opening
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #30,228*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs open

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/european-vs-opening