gedanktvsgeparktTell them apart

Quick tell: gedankt is a verb, geparkt is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“gedankt” is a verb and “geparkt” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,562
“gedankt” frequency rank
#17,910
“geparkt” frequency rank
43472
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gedankt geparkt
Definition Partizip Perfekt des Verbs danken in einer Parklücke stehend

Where the eye mixes gedankt and geparkt

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. gedankt and geparkt follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
gedankt
7 ch
geparkt

Look-alike desk: gedankt vs geparkt

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gedankt is [ɡəˈdaŋkt] while geparkt is [ɡəˈpaʁkt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43472, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gedankt is recorded at frequency rank #25,562, classified as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈdaŋkt]. geparkt is at rank #17,910, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈpaʁkt].

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 43472, this pair ranks #1,416,975 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gedankt vs geparkt

Shared letters: aegkt. Private to "gedankt": dn. Private to "geparkt": pr.

"gedankt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC  ·  "geparkt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gedankt ← egdankt · gdeankt · geadnkt · gedaknt · gedankkt · gedanktt · gedannkt · gedantk
  • geparkt ← egparkt · geaprkt · gepakrt · geparkkt · geparktt · geparrkt · gepartk · gepparkt

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "gedankt" and "geparkt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gedankt" is a verb and "geparkt" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "gedankt" or "geparkt" show up more?
"geparkt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,910 in our German list, against #25,562 for "gedankt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "gedankt" and "geparkt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "gedankt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "geparkt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,416,975 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gedankt" and "geparkt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gedankt vs getränkt". 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 #1,416,975 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