ParkvsparkteWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Park is a noun, parkte is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Park” is a noun and “parkte” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,640
“Park” frequency rank
#48,374
“parkte” frequency rank
50014
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Park parkte
Definition hauptsächlich mit Pflanzen gestaltetes, weiträumiges Gelände 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs parken

Where the eye mixes Park and parkte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Park
6 ch
parkte

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Park is [paʁk] while parkte is [ˈpaʁktə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “Park” sits inside “parkte”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50014, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Park is recorded at frequency rank #1,640, classified as anoun, pronounced [paʁk]. parkte is at rank #48,374, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈpaʁktə].

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 50014, this pair ranks #1,189,833 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Park vs parkte

Shared letters: akpr. Private to "Park": -. Private to "parkte": et.

"Park" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "parkte" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Parkaprk · pakr · parkk · parrk · ppark · prak
  • parkteaprkte · pakrte · parkkte · parktte · parrkte · partke · pparkte · prakte

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Park" and "parkte" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Park" is a noun and "parkte" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Park" or "parkte"?
"Park" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,640 in our German list, against #48,374 for "parkte". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list