Which to use
“feeds” is a verb and “open” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,139
- “feeds” frequency rank
- #2,607
- “open” frequency rank
- 50746
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feeds | open |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs feed | etwas ist nicht geschlossen |
Letter map: feeds vs open
Shared letters muted; letters that set feeds and open apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. feeds runs 5 letters (CVVCC) 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 feeds / open
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: feeds is averb and openanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50746, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feeds is recorded at frequency rank #48,139, 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 50746, this pair ranks #1,162,050 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of feeds vs open
Shared letters: e. Private to "feeds": dfs. Private to "open": nop.
"feeds" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "open" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "feeds" and "open" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "feeds" vs "open" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "feeds" vs "open" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "feeds" 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 #1,162,050 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "feeds" and "open" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "feeds 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 #1,162,050 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.