Which to use
“lower” is a verb and “open” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,156
- “lower” frequency rank
- #2,607
- “open” frequency rank
- 34763
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lower | open |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | niederlassen, niedrig machen, runtermachen | etwas ist nicht geschlossen |
Letter map: lower vs open
Shared letters muted; letters that set lower and open apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for lower / open
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lower is averb and openanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34763, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lower is recorded at frequency rank #32,156, 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 34763, this pair ranks #1,655,838 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of lower vs open
Shared letters: eo. Private to "lower": lrw. Private to "open": np.
"lower" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "open" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lower" and "open" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "lower" vs "open" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "lower" and "open".
- Full dictionary entry for "lower" 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 #1,655,838 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lower" and "open" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lower 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 #1,655,838 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.