Which to use
“offene” is an adjective and “office” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,672
- “offene” frequency rank
- #5,205
- “office” frequency rank
- 7877
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | offene | office |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs offen | Arbeitsraum für Verwaltung und Planung: Büro |
Letter map: offene vs office
Shared letters muted; letters that set offene and office apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Grammar separator: offene vs office
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: offene is anadjective and officeanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7877, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
offene is recorded at frequency rank #2,672, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈɔfənə]. office is at rank #5,205, 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 7877, this pair ranks #1,986,530 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of offene vs office
Shared letters: efo. Private to "offene": n. Private to "office": ci.
"offene" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "office" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "offene" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "office" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,986,530 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "offene" and "office" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "office 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 #1,986,530 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.