offenervsoffenesTell them apart

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.

7 ch
offener
7 ch
offenes

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

  • offenerfofener · ofefner · ofener · offeenr · offenerr · offenner · offenre · offneer
  • offenesfofenes · ofefnes · ofenes · offeens · offeness · offennes · offnees

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "offener" and "offenes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈɔfənɐ] versus [ˈɔfənəs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "offener" vs "offenes" - which ranks higher?
"offener" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,289 in our German list, against #9,957 for "offenes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list