Which to use
“open” is an adjective and “Voss” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,607
- “open” frequency rank
- #10,773
- “Voss” frequency rank
- 13380
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | open | Voss |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | etwas ist nicht geschlossen | Fuchs |
Letter map: open vs Voss
Shared letters muted; letters that set open and Voss apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. open (VCVC) and Voss (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Grammar separator: open vs Voss
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: open is anadjective and Vossanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13380, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
open is recorded at frequency rank #2,607, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. Voss is at rank #10,773, tagged as anoun, 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 13380, this pair ranks #1,958,372 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of open vs Voss
Shared letters: o. Private to "open": enp. Private to "Voss": sv.
"open" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "Voss" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "open" and "Voss" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "open" vs "Voss" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "open" and "Voss". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "open" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Voss" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,958,372 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "open" and "Voss" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Voss". 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 #1,958,372 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.