openingvssinglesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“opening” and “singles” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#30,228
“opening” frequency rank
#3,773
“singles” frequency rank
34001
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature opening singles
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs open 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs single

Letter map: opening vs singles

Shared letters muted; letters that set opening and singles apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

7 ch
opening
7 ch
singles

Corpus notes: opening and singles

opening and singles are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 7 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34001, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

opening is recorded at frequency rank #30,228, classified as averb, pronounced […]. singles is at rank #3,773, 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 34001, this pair ranks #1,673,280 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of opening vs singles

Shared letters: egin. Private to "opening": op. Private to "singles": ls.

"opening" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC  ·  "singles" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • openingoepning · opeinng · openign · openingg · openinng · opennig · openning · opneing
  • singlesisngles · signles · singels · singgles · singless · singlles · singlse · sinlges

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "opening" and "singles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 7 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "opening" vs "singles" - which ranks higher?
"singles" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,773 in our German list, against #30,228 for "opening". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "opening" and "singles".

  • Full dictionary entry for "opening" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "singles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,673,280 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "opening" and "singles" 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 #1,673,280 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list