Which to use
“official” and “open” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,689
- “official” frequency rank
- #2,607
- “open” frequency rank
- 23296
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | official | open |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | offiziell | etwas ist nicht geschlossen |
Letter map: official vs open
Shared letters muted; letters that set official and open apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Pair insight - official / open
official and open are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23296, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
official is recorded at frequency rank #20,689, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. open is at rank #2,607, tagged as anadj, 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 23296, this pair ranks #1,863,120 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of official vs open
Shared letters: o. Private to "official": acfil. Private to "open": enp.
"official" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "open" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "official" for "open" ever safe?
Which is more common, "official" or "open"?
Useful next steps
Pair "official" vs "open" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "official" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "open" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,863,120 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "official" and "open" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "official 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 #1,863,120 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.