open

\ɔ.pœn\

/\ɔ.pœn\/ adj

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The verdict

“open” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,628. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,628
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ouvert (d’esprit).

Corpus desk

Index FR-open · open · French

open · rank #3,628 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,628
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH nuits

Nearest frequency peer: nuits (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « open »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « open » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

open vs ose
50% similar
open vs own
50% similar
open vs ôté
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for open
PropertyValue
Headwordopen
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɔ.pœn\
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,628
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « open »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.opense place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « nuits » (#3,627), « ordinaire » (#3,629), « nettement » (#3,626). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « open » est au #3,628. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around open (IPA \ɔ.pœn\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,628 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for open, with forms such as "oepn", "openn", and "opne". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ose", "own", "ôté", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is open, spelled O-P-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ouvert (d’esprit).
  2. 2
    Qualifie une compétition ouverte aussi bien aux professionnels qu’aux amateurs.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how open appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Un tournoi open.

This word in other languages

open(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oepn
  • openn
  • opne
  • oppen
  • poen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of open - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

oepn2openn1opne2oppen1poen2
Edit distance from "open"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "open"?
"open" is spelled O-P-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.pœn\.
What does "open" mean?
As an adjective, "open" means: Ouvert (d’esprit).
What words are commonly confused with "open"?
"open" is commonly confused with "ose", "own", "ôté". 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 \ɔ.pœn\. 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 French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "open", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

adam#3,585file#3,678Gras#3,680SNCF#3,569

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

magie5 variantsjuif5 variantsfree5 variantsdéçu5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list