Which to use
“brink” is a noun and “brock” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,421
- “brink” frequency rank
- #25,931
- “brock” frequency rank
- 63352
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | brink | brock |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rand, Kante (besonders an einem steil abfallenden Platz, ein Kliff oder eine Schlucht) | 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs brocken |
Letter map: brink vs brock
Shared letters muted; letters that set brink and brock apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. brink and brock follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for brink / brock
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: brink is anoun and brockaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63352, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
brink is recorded at frequency rank #37,421, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. brock is at rank #25,931, tagged as averb, pronounced [bʁɔk].
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 63352, this pair ranks #679,736 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of brink vs brock
Shared letters: bkr. Private to "brink": in. Private to "brock": co.
"brink" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "brock" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "brink" and "brock" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "brink" or "brock" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "brink" and "brock".
- Full dictionary entry for "brink" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "brock" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #679,736 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "brink" and "brock" 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 #679,736 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.