ParkvsPikWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#1,640
“Park” frequency rank
#42,047
“Pik” frequency rank
43687
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Park Pik
Definition hauptsächlich mit Pflanzen gestaltetes, weiträumiges Gelände Farbe im französischen Kartenblatt mit einem schwarzen Lindenblatt als Symbol

Where the eye mixes Park and Pik

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

4 ch
Park
3 ch
Pik

Why the eye confuses Park with Pik

A purely visual mix-up. Park ([paʁk]) and Pik ([piːk]) 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 43687, 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]. Pik is at rank #42,047, tagged as anoun, pronounced [piːk].

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 43687, this pair ranks #1,410,123 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Park vs Pik

Shared letters: kp. Private to "Park": ar. Private to "Pik": i.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Park" and "Pik" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([paʁk] versus [piːk]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Park" or "Pik"?
"Park" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,640 in our German list, against #42,047 for "Pik". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "Park" and "Pik" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Park" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Pik" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,410,123 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Park" and "Pik" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Pik 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 #1,410,123 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