Which to use
“hits” is a verb and “Pollock” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,337
- “hits” frequency rank
- #49,968
- “Pollock” frequency rank
- 57305
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hits | Pollock |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hit | deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname |
Letter map: hits vs Pollock
Shared letters muted; letters that set hits and Pollock apart highlighted. No shared letter run. hits runs 4 letters (CVCC) against Pollock's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for hits / Pollock
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hits is averb and Pollockaname. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57305, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hits is recorded at frequency rank #7,337, classified as averb, 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 57305, this pair ranks #906,438 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hits vs Pollock
Shared letters: none. Private to "hits": hist. Private to "Pollock": cklop.
"hits" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Pollock" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "hits" 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 #906,438 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hits" 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 #906,438 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.