Which to use
“open” is an adjective and “ops” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,628
- “open” frequency rank
- #32,506
- “ops” frequency rank
- 36134
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | open | ops |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ouvert (d’esprit). | Capacité, habilité. |
Letter map: open vs ops
Shared letters muted; letters that set open and ops apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - open and ops
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: open is anadjective and opsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36134, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
open is recorded at frequency rank #3,628, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɔ.pœn\. ops is at rank #32,506, tagged as anoun.
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 36134, this pair ranks #271,775 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of open vs ops
Shared letters: op. Private to "open": en. Private to "ops": s.
"open" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "ops" · 3 letters · shape VCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- open ← oepn · openn · opne · oppen · poen
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "open" and "ops" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "open" or "ops" show up more?
After this comparison
You've compared "open" and "ops". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "open" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ops" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #271,775 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "open" and "ops" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "och vs ops". 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 #271,775 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.