Which to use
“open” is an adjective and “over” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,607
- “open” frequency rank
- #5,993
- “over” frequency rank
- 8600
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | open | over |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | etwas ist nicht geschlossen | vorbei, vorüber sein |
Letter map: open vs over
Shared letters muted; letters that set open and over apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for open / over
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: open is anadjective and overanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8600, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
open is recorded at frequency rank #2,607, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. over is at rank #5,993, tagged as anadv, 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 8600, this pair ranks #1,983,664 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of open vs over
Shared letters: eo. Private to "open": np. Private to "over": rv.
"open" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "over" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "open" and "over" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "open" or "over"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "open" and "over".
- Full dictionary entry for "open" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "over" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,983,664 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "open" and "over" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "over 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 #1,983,664 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.