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Which to use

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

#46,860
“murder” frequency rank
#9,248
“parks” frequency rank
56108
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature murder parks
Definition Mord, Ermordung Plural des Substantivs park

Letter map: murder vs parks

Shared letters muted; letters that set murder and parks apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. murder runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against parks's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
murder
5 ch
parks

Corpus notes: murder and parks

murder and parks 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56108, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

murder is recorded at frequency rank #46,860, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. parks is at rank #9,248, 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 56108, this pair ranks #953,189 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of murder vs parks

Shared letters: r. Private to "murder": demu. Private to "parks": akps.

"murder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "parks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • murder ← mmurder · mruder · mudrer · murdder · murderr · murdre · muredr · murrder
  • parks ← aprks · pakrs · parkks · parkss · parrks · parsk · pparks · praks

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "murder" and "parks" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "murder" vs "parks" - which ranks higher?
"parks" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,248 in our German list, against #46,860 for "murder". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "murder" and "parks".

  • Full dictionary entry for "murder" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "parks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #953,189 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "murder" and "parks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "murder 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 #953,189 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