geparktvsgewarntWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#17,910
“geparkt” frequency rank
#5,957
“gewarnt” frequency rank
23867
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature geparkt gewarnt
Definition in einer Parklücke stehend Partizip Perfekt des Verbs warnen

Where the eye mixes geparkt and gewarnt

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

7 ch
geparkt
7 ch
gewarnt

Visual trap between geparkt and gewarnt

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: geparkt is [ɡəˈpaʁkt] while gewarnt is [ɡəˈvaʁnt]. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23867, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

geparkt is recorded at frequency rank #17,910, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɡəˈpaʁkt]. gewarnt is at rank #5,957, tagged as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈvaʁnt].

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 23867, this pair ranks #1,855,549 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of geparkt vs gewarnt

Shared letters: aegrt. Private to "geparkt": kp. Private to "gewarnt": nw.

"geparkt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC  ·  "gewarnt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • geparkt ← egparkt · geaprkt · gepakrt · geparkkt · geparktt · geparrkt · gepartk · gepparkt
  • gewarnt ← egwarnt · geawrnt · gewanrt · gewarnnt · gewarntt · gewarrnt · gewartn · gewrant

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "geparkt" and "gewarnt" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "geparkt" is an adjective and "gewarnt" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "geparkt" or "gewarnt"?
"gewarnt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,957 in our German list, against #17,910 for "geparkt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "geparkt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gewarnt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,855,549 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "geparkt" and "gewarnt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "geparkt vs geparkten". 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 #1,855,549 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