Which to use
“immigration” is a noun and “open” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,583
- “immigration” frequency rank
- #2,607
- “open” frequency rank
- 40190
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | immigration | open |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Einwanderung | etwas ist nicht geschlossen |
Letter map: immigration vs open
Shared letters muted; letters that set immigration and open apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: immigration vs open
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: immigration is anoun and openanadjective. On the page they differ by 7 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40190, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
immigration is recorded at frequency rank #37,583, 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 40190, this pair ranks #1,515,568 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of immigration vs open
Shared letters: no. Private to "immigration": agimrt. Private to "open": ep.
"immigration" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVVC · "open" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- immigration ← imigration · imimgration · immgiration · immigartion · immiggration · immigraiton · immigratino · immigrationn
- open ← oepn · openn · opne · oppen · poen
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "immigration" for "open" ever safe?
Frequency check: "immigration" vs "open" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "immigration" vs "open" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "immigration" 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 #1,515,568 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "immigration" and "open" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "immigration 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 #1,515,568 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.