Which to use
“offener” and “offenes” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,289
- “offener” frequency rank
- #9,957
- “offenes” frequency rank
- 15246
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | offener | offenes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs offen | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs offen |
Where the eye mixes offener and offenes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between offener and offenes
A purely visual mix-up. offener ([ˈɔfənɐ]) and offenes ([ˈɔfənəs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - r in “offener” becomes s in “offenes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15246, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
offener is recorded at frequency rank #5,289, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈɔfənɐ]. offenes is at rank #9,957, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈɔfənəs].
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 15246, this pair ranks #1,945,325 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of offener vs offenes
Shared letters: efno. Private to "offener": r. Private to "offenes": s.
"offener" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "offenes" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "offener" and "offenes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "offener" vs "offenes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "offener" and "offenes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "offener" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "offenes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,945,325 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "offener" and "offenes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "offenes vs Offense". 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 #1,945,325 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.