öffnete

/[ˈœfnətə]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,668

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

öffnete is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs öffnen Pronounced [ˈœfnətə]. It ranks #8,668 in German word frequency. Often confused with ordnete and öffneten.

Key facts for öffnete
PropertyValue
Headwordöffnete
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈœfnətə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,668
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of öffnete in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for öffnete is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈœfnətə]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,668 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for öffnete, with forms such as "föfnete", "öffente", and "öffneet". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "ordnete", "öffneten", "öffne", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is öffnete, spelled Ö-F-F-N-E-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs öffnen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs öffnen
  3. 3
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs öffnen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs öffnen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: föfnete,öffente,öffneet,öffnette,öffnnete,öffntee,öfnete,öfnfete

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for öffnete

Misspelling Variants of "öffnete"

föfnete7öffente7öffneet7öffnette8öffnnete8öffntee7öfnete6öfnfete7
Misspelling Variants of "öffnete"

Frequency rank: #8,668 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "öffnete"?
"öffnete" is spelled Ö-F-F-N-E-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈœfnətə].
What does "öffnete" mean?
As a verb, "öffnete" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs öffnen
What words are commonly confused with "öffnete"?
"öffnete" is commonly confused with "ordnete", "öffneten", "öffne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "öffnete"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "öffnete" is [ˈœfnətə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "öffnete" come from?
"öffnete" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.