Which to use
“meets” and “opening” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,844
- “meets” frequency rank
- #30,228
- “opening” frequency rank
- 58072
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meets | opening |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs meet | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs open |
Letter map: meets vs opening
Shared letters muted; letters that set meets and opening apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. meets runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against opening's 7 (VCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: meets and opening
meets and opening 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58072, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meets is recorded at frequency rank #27,844, classified as averb, pronounced […]. opening is at rank #30,228, tagged as averb, 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 58072, this pair ranks #876,937 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of meets vs opening
Shared letters: e. Private to "meets": mst. Private to "opening": ginop.
"meets" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "opening" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "meets" and "opening" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "meets" vs "opening" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "meets" and "opening". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "meets" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "opening" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #876,937 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meets" and "opening" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "opening 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 #876,937 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.