norvsPollockWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: nor is a particle, Pollock is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“nor” is a particle and “Pollock” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,554
“nor” frequency rank
#49,968
“Pollock” frequency rank
76522
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nor Pollock
Definition verschliffene Floskel für die eingeschobene, rhetorische Frage „Gelt es?“, „Gilt es?“, „Habe ich recht?“ oder „Nicht wahr?“, „Stimmt es?“, um sich der (vorausgesetzten) Zustimmung zu versichern. Die Frage wird nicht oder nur mit der gleichen Floskel beantwortet. deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname

Letter map: nor vs Pollock

Shared letters muted; letters that set nor and Pollock apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. nor runs 3 letters (CVC) against Pollock's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
nor
7 ch
Pollock

Part-of-speech tell for nor / Pollock

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nor is aparticle and Pollockaname. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76522, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nor is recorded at frequency rank #26,554, classified as aparticle, 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 76522, this pair ranks #281,956 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of nor vs Pollock

Shared letters: o. Private to "nor": nr. Private to "Pollock": cklp.

"nor" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "Pollock" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Pollock ← opllock · plolock · pollcok · pollocck · pollockk · pollokc · polock · pololck

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "nor" for "Pollock" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "nor" is a particle and "Pollock" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "nor" or "Pollock" show up more?
"nor" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,554 in our German list, against #49,968 for "Pollock". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "nor" and "Pollock". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "nor" 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 #281,956 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nor" 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 #281,956 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