ParkvsPaxWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#1,640
“Park” frequency rank
#29,276
“Pax” frequency rank
30916
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Park Pax
Definition hauptsächlich mit Pflanzen gestaltetes, weiträumiges Gelände Friede, meist in Verbindungen gebraucht

Where the eye mixes Park and Pax

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Park
3 ch
Pax

Why the eye confuses Park with Pax

A purely visual mix-up. Park ([paʁk]) and Pax ([paks]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30916, 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]. Pax is at rank #29,276, tagged as anoun, pronounced [paks].

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 30916, this pair ranks #1,738,518 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Park vs Pax

Shared letters: ap. Private to "Park": kr. Private to "Pax": x.

"Park" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Pax" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Parkaprk · pakr · parkk · parrk · ppark · prak

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Park" and "Pax" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([paʁk] versus [paks]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Park" vs "Pax" - which ranks higher?
"Park" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,640 in our German list, against #29,276 for "Pax". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "Park" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Pax" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,738,518 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Park" and "Pax" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Pax vs PMS". 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 #1,738,518 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