open

//ˈəʊ.pən// adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,335

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

3

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

open is anSpanishadj. It means: Abierto. Pronounced /ˈəʊ.pən/. It ranks #6,335 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with oye and ops.

Key facts for open
PropertyValue
Headwordopen
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA/ˈəʊ.pən/
Letters4
Frequency rank#6,335
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of open in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for open is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈəʊ.pən/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,335 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Abierto.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 3 documented wrong-spelling variants for open, with forms such as "oepn", "openn", and "oppen". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "oye", "ops", "own", 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 Spanish form is open, spelled O-P-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abierto.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oepn,openn,oppen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for open

Misspelling Variants of "open"

oepn4openn5oppen5
Misspelling Variants of "open"

Frequency rank: #6,335 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "open"?
"open" is spelled O-P-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈəʊ.pən/.
What does "open" mean?
As an adj, "open" means: Abierto.
What words are commonly confused with "open"?
"open" is commonly confused with "oye", "ops", "own". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "open"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "open" is /ˈəʊ.pən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "open" come from?
"open" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter O in our Spanish index:

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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.