okeyvsopenWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: okey is a intj, open is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“okey” is an intj and “open” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,739
“okey” frequency rank
#6,335
“open” frequency rank
32074
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature okey open
Definition De acuerdo. Abierto.

Where the eye mixes okey and open

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
okey
4 ch
open

Look-alike desk: okey vs open

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: okey is [oˈkej] while open is /ˈəʊ.pən/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (intj vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32074, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

okey is recorded at frequency rank #25,739, classified as anintj, pronounced [oˈkej]. open is at rank #6,335, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈəʊ.pən/.

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 32074, this pair ranks #203,875 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of okey vs open

Shared letters: eo. Private to "okey": ky. Private to "open": np.

"okey" · 4 letters · shape VCVV  ·  "open" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • okeykoey · oeky · okeyy · okkey · okye
  • openoepn · openn · oppen

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "okey" for "open" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "okey" is an intj and "open" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "okey" vs "open" - which ranks higher?
"open" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,335 in our Spanish list, against #25,739 for "okey". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "okey" and "open" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "okey" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "open" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #203,875 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "okey" and "open" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "okey vs ome". 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 #203,875 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list