largovsopenWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“largo” and “open” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,040
“largo” frequency rank
#2,607
“open” frequency rank
51647
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature largo open
Definition breit etwas ist nicht geschlossen

Letter map: largo vs open

Shared letters muted; letters that set largo and open apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

5 ch
largo
4 ch
open

Corpus notes: largo and open

largo and open are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51647, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

largo is recorded at frequency rank #49,040, classified as anadj, 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 51647, this pair ranks #1,127,565 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of largo vs open

Shared letters: o. Private to "largo": aglr. Private to "open": enp.

"largo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "open" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • largoalrgo · lagro · larggo · larog · larrgo · llargo · lrago
  • openoepn · openn · opne · oppen · poen

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "largo" and "open" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "largo" or "open"?
"open" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,607 in our German list, against #49,040 for "largo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "largo" and "open". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "largo" 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 #1,127,565 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "largo" and "open" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "largo 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 #1,127,565 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