Which to use
“extended” is a verb and “open” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,535
- “extended” frequency rank
- #2,607
- “open” frequency rank
- 34142
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | extended | open |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs extend | etwas ist nicht geschlossen |
Letter map: extended vs open
Shared letters muted; letters that set extended and open apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. extended runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) 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 extended / open
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: extended is averb and openanadjective. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34142, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
extended is recorded at frequency rank #31,535, 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 34142, this pair ranks #1,670,113 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of extended vs open
Shared letters: en. Private to "extended": dtx. Private to "open": op.
"extended" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "open" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "extended" and "open" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "extended" or "open"?
After this comparison
Pair "extended" vs "open" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "extended" 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 #1,670,113 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "extended" and "open" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "extended 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 #1,670,113 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.