Which to use
“guides” is a noun and “open” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,409
- “guides” frequency rank
- #2,607
- “open” frequency rank
- 42016
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guides | open |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs guide | etwas ist nicht geschlossen |
Letter map: guides vs open
Shared letters muted; letters that set guides and open apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Role in the sentence - guides and open
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: guides is anoun and openanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42016, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guides is recorded at frequency rank #39,409, 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 42016, this pair ranks #1,462,146 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guides vs open
Shared letters: e. Private to "guides": dgisu. Private to "open": nop.
"guides" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "open" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "guides" and "open" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "guides" or "open"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "guides" and "open".
- Full dictionary entry for "guides" 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 #1,462,146 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guides" and "open" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guides 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 #1,462,146 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.