# opening vs Pollock

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### opening
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #30,228*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs open

### Pollock
*name · IPA […] · frequency rank #49,968*
deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/opening-vs-pollock