golemvsopenTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#32,572
“golem” frequency rank
#2,607
“open” frequency rank
35179
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature golem open
Definition Golem etwas ist nicht geschlossen

Letter map: golem vs open

Shared letters muted; letters that set golem and open apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

5 ch
golem
4 ch
open

Role in the sentence - golem and open

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: golem is anoun and openanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35179, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

golem is recorded at frequency rank #32,572, classified as anoun, 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 35179, this pair ranks #1,646,114 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of golem vs open

Shared letters: eo. Private to "golem": glm. Private to "open": np.

"golem" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "open" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • golemggolem · gloem · goelm · golemm · gollem · golme · oglem
  • openoepn · openn · opne · oppen · poen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "golem" and "open" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "golem" is a noun and "open" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "golem" vs "open" - which ranks higher?
"open" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,607 in our German list, against #32,572 for "golem". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "golem" and "open".

  • Full dictionary entry for "golem" 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 #1,646,114 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "golem" and "open" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "golem 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 #1,646,114 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