offen vs Offense, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#888
“offen” frequency rank: #35,940
“Offense” frequency rank: 36828
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	offen	Offense
Definition	nicht geschlossen, zum Beispiel als Zustandsbeschreibung einer Eingangsmöglichkeit	Gesamtheit der angreifenden Spieler

Letter map: offen vs Offense

Shared letters muted; letters that set offen and Offense apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

5 ch

offen

7 ch

Offense

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: offen is anadjective and Offenseanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “offen” sits inside “Offense”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36828, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

offen is recorded at frequency rank #888, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈɔfn̩]. Offense is at rank #35,940, tagged as anoun, 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 36828, this pair ranks #1,605,691 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of offen vs Offense

Shared letters: efno. Private to "offen": -. Private to "Offense": s.

"offen" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "Offense" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

offen ← fofen · ofefn · offenn · offne
Offense ← fofense · ofefnse · ofense · offennse · offensse · offesne · offnese

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "offen" and "Offense" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "offen" is an adjective and "Offense" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "offen" or "Offense"?

"offen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #888 in our German list, against #35,940 for "Offense". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "offen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Offense" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,605,691 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"offen" and "Offense" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Offense 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

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