BlickvsbrinkConfusable pair

Which to use

“Blick” and “brink” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#630
“Blick” frequency rank
#37,421
“brink” frequency rank
38051
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Blick brink
Definition (kurzes) Betrachten; Anschauen; das Erfassen von etwas mit den Augen Rand, Kante (besonders an einem steil abfallenden Platz, ein Kliff oder eine Schlucht)

Letter map: Blick vs brink

Shared letters muted; letters that set Blick and brink apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Blick
5 ch
brink

Pair insight - Blick / brink

Blick and brink are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38051, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Blick is recorded at frequency rank #630, classified as anoun, pronounced [blɪk]. brink is at rank #37,421, tagged as anoun, 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 38051, this pair ranks #1,574,098 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Blick vs brink

Shared letters: bik. Private to "Blick": cl. Private to "brink": nr.

"Blick" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "brink" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Blickbblick · bilck · blcik · blicck · blickk · blikc · bllick · lbick
  • brinkbbrink · birnk · brikn · brinkk · brinnk · brnik · brrink · rbink

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Blick" and "brink" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Blick" vs "brink" - which ranks higher?
"Blick" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #630 in our German list, against #37,421 for "brink". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "Blick" vs "brink" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Blick" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "brink" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,574,098 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Blick" and "brink" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "brink 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 #1,574,098 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list