Which to use
“hits” is a verb and “open” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,337
- “hits” frequency rank
- #2,607
- “open” frequency rank
- 9944
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hits | open |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hit | etwas ist nicht geschlossen |
Letter map: hits vs open
Shared letters muted; letters that set hits and open apart highlighted. No shared letter run. hits (CVCC) and open (VCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Role in the sentence - hits and open
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hits is averb and openanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9944, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hits is recorded at frequency rank #7,337, 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 9944, this pair ranks #1,977,533 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hits vs open
Shared letters: none. Private to "hits": hist. Private to "open": enop.
"hits" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "open" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hits" and "open" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "hits" or "open" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "hits" 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 #1,977,533 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hits" and "open" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hits 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 #1,977,533 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.