Which to use
“open” is an adjective and “ranking” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,607
- “open” frequency rank
- #10,729
- “ranking” frequency rank
- 13336
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | open | ranking |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | etwas ist nicht geschlossen | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs rank |
Letter map: open vs ranking
Shared letters muted; letters that set open and ranking apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. open runs 4 letters (VCVC) against ranking's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - open and ranking
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: open is anadjective and rankingaverb. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13336, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
open is recorded at frequency rank #2,607, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. ranking is at rank #10,729, tagged as averb, 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 13336, this pair ranks #1,958,639 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of open vs ranking
Shared letters: n. Private to "open": eop. Private to "ranking": agikr.
"open" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "ranking" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "open" and "ranking" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "open" or "ranking"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "open" and "ranking". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "open" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ranking" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,958,639 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "open" and "ranking" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs ranking". 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 #1,958,639 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.