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

#3,758
“nation” frequency rank
#9,248
“parks” frequency rank
13006
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nation parks
Definition Nation Plural des Substantivs park

Letter map: nation vs parks

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

6 ch
nation
5 ch
parks

Spelling & dictionary notes on nation vs parks

nation 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 13006, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nation is recorded at frequency rank #3,758, 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 13006, this pair ranks #1,960,701 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of nation vs parks

Shared letters: a. Private to "nation": inot. Private to "parks": kprs.

"nation" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "parks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • nation ← antion · naiton · natino · nationn · natoin · nattion · nnation · ntaion
  • parks ← aprks · pakrs · parkks · parkss · parrks · parsk · pparks · praks

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "nation" for "parks" ever safe?
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: "nation" vs "parks" - which ranks higher?
"nation" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,758 in our German list, against #9,248 for "parks". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "nation" and "parks". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "nation" 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 #1,960,701 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nation" and "parks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parks 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 #1,960,701 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