openingvstermineConfusable pair

Quick tell: opening is a verb, termine is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“opening” is a verb and “termine” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,228
“opening” frequency rank
#4,469
“termine” frequency rank
34697
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature opening termine
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs open der Termin

Letter map: opening vs termine

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

7 ch
opening
7 ch
termine

Part-of-speech tell for opening / termine

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: opening is averb and termineanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34697, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

opening is recorded at frequency rank #30,228, classified as averb, pronounced […]. termine is at rank #4,469, 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 34697, this pair ranks #1,657,426 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of opening vs termine

Shared letters: ein. Private to "opening": gop. Private to "termine": mrt.

"opening" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC  ·  "termine" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • openingoepning · opeinng · openign · openingg · openinng · opennig · openning · opneing
  • termineetrmine · temrine · terimne · termien · terminne · termmine · termnie · terrmine

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "opening" for "termine" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "opening" is a verb and "termine" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "opening" or "termine" show up more?
"termine" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,469 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.

After this comparison

You've compared "opening" and "termine". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "opening" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "termine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,657,426 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "opening" and "termine" 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 #1,657,426 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