Which to use
“opening” is a verb and “sed” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,228
- “opening” frequency rank
- #5,221
- “sed” frequency rank
- 35449
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | opening | sed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs open | aber, wobei, sondern; jedoch |
Letter map: opening vs sed
Shared letters muted; letters that set opening and sed apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Grammar separator: opening vs sed
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: opening is averb and sedaconjunction. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35449, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
opening is recorded at frequency rank #30,228, classified as averb, pronounced […]. sed is at rank #5,221, tagged as aconj, 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 35449, this pair ranks #1,639,726 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of opening vs sed
Shared letters: e. Private to "opening": ginop. Private to "sed": ds.
"opening" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC · "sed" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- opening ← oepning · opeinng · openign · openingg · openinng · opennig · openning · opneing
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "opening" for "sed" ever safe?
Frequency check: "opening" vs "sed" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "opening" and "sed".
- Full dictionary entry for "opening" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,639,726 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "opening" and "sed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "opening 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 #1,639,726 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.