Which to use
“1er” is an adjective and “Pollock” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,274
- “1er” frequency rank
- #49,968
- “Pollock” frequency rank
- 76242
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | 1er | Pollock |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | dem zweiten vorangehend; 1. | deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname |
Letter map: 1er vs Pollock
Shared letters muted; letters that set 1er and Pollock apart highlighted. No shared letter run.
Part-of-speech tell for 1er / Pollock
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: 1er is anadjective and Pollockaname. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76242, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
1er is recorded at frequency rank #26,274, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. Pollock is at rank #49,968, tagged as aname, pronounced […].
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 76242, this pair ranks #288,535 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of 1er vs Pollock
Shared letters: none. Private to "1er": er. Private to "Pollock": cklop.
"1er" · 2 letters · shape VC · "Pollock" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Pollock ← opllock · plolock · pollcok · pollocck · pollockk · pollokc · polock · pololck
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "1er" for "Pollock" ever safe?
Frequency check: "1er" vs "Pollock" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "1er" and "Pollock". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "1er" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Pollock" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #288,535 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "1er" and "Pollock" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Pollock vs puzzles". 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 #288,535 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.