OasenvsopenTell them apart

Quick tell: Oasen is a noun, open is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Oasen” is a noun and “open” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,128
“Oasen” frequency rank
#2,607
“open” frequency rank
51735
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Oasen open
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Oase etwas ist nicht geschlossen

Letter map: Oasen vs open

Shared letters muted; letters that set Oasen and open apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Oasen runs 5 letters (VVCVC) against open's 4 (VCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Oasen
4 ch
open

Role in the sentence - Oasen and open

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Oasen is anoun and openanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51735, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Oasen is recorded at frequency rank #49,128, classified as anoun, pronounced [oˈaːzn̩]. 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 51735, this pair ranks #1,124,042 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Oasen vs open

Shared letters: eno. Private to "Oasen": as. Private to "open": p.

"Oasen" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC  ·  "open" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Oasen ← aosen · oaesn · oasenn · oasne · oassen · osaen
  • open ← oepn · openn · opne · oppen · poen

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Oasen" and "open" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Oasen" is a noun and "open" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Oasen" or "open" show up more?
"open" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,607 in our German list, against #49,128 for "Oasen". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Oasen" and "open".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Oasen" 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 #1,124,042 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Oasen" and "open" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Oasen vs oasis". 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 #1,124,042 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