openSUSE
/ˌəʊ.pənˈsuːzə/
"opensuse" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“openSUSE” is uncommon English (frequency #89,705 among 15,494 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,705
- frequency rank, English
- 15,494
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A free and open-source Linux distribution.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | openSUSE |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌəʊ.pənˈsuːzə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #89,705 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “openSUSE” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
openSUSE is uncommon English at frequency #89,705 among 15,494 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌəʊ.pənˈsuːzə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A free and open-source Linux distribution.".
openSUSE has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From open (as in open-source) and the name of its sponsor, SUSE S.A., originally an acronym of German Software- und System-Entwicklung (“Software and Systems Development”). The correct English form is openSUSE, spelled O-P-E-N-S-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1A free and open-source Linux distribution.
Etymology
From open (as in open-source) and the name of its sponsor, SUSE S.A., originally an acronym of German Software- und System-Entwicklung (“Software and Systems Development”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “openSUSE”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is O-P-E-N-S-U-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.