Which to use
“opening” is a verb and “plants” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,228
- “opening” frequency rank
- #49,962
- “plants” frequency rank
- 80190
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | opening | plants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs open | Plural des Substantivs plant |
Letter map: opening vs plants
Shared letters muted; letters that set opening and plants apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - opening and plants
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: opening is averb and plantsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80190, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
opening is recorded at frequency rank #30,228, classified as averb, pronounced […]. plants is at rank #49,962, 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 80190, this pair ranks #200,662 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of opening vs plants
Shared letters: np. Private to "opening": egio. Private to "plants": alst.
"opening" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC · "plants" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "opening" for "plants" ever safe?
Frequency check: "opening" vs "plants" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "opening" vs "plants" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "opening" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #200,662 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "opening" and "plants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plants 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 #200,662 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.