Which to use
“office” is a noun and “öffne” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,205
- “office” frequency rank
- #13,081
- “öffne” frequency rank
- 18286
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | office | öffne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Arbeitsraum für Verwaltung und Planung: Büro | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs öffnen |
Letter map: office vs öffne
Shared letters muted; letters that set office and öffne apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. office runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against öffne's 5 (VCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for office / öffne
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: office is anoun and öffneaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18286, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
office is recorded at frequency rank #5,205, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. öffne is at rank #13,081, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈœfnə].
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 18286, this pair ranks #1,919,673 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of office vs öffne
Shared letters: ef. Private to "office": cio. Private to "öffne": nö.
"office" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "öffne" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- office ← fofice · offcie · officce · offiec · ofice · ofifce
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "office" for "öffne" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Pair "office" vs "öffne" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "office" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "öffne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,919,673 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "office" and "öffne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "öffne vs ordne". 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 #1,919,673 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.