ParkvspinkWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Park is a noun, pink is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#1,640
“Park” frequency rank
#7,517
“pink” frequency rank
9157
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Park pink
Definition hauptsächlich mit Pflanzen gestaltetes, weiträumiges Gelände von einem intensiven, grellen rosa Farbton; die Farbe eines kräftigen, grellen Rosas habend

Where the eye mixes Park and pink

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

4 ch
Park
4 ch
pink

Why the eye confuses Park with pink

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Park is [paʁk] while pink is [pɪŋk]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9157, 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]. pink is at rank #7,517, tagged as anadj, pronounced [pɪŋk].

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 9157, this pair ranks #1,981,238 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Park vs pink

Shared letters: kp. Private to "Park": ar. Private to "pink": in.

"Park" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "pink" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Parkaprk · pakr · parkk · parrk · ppark · prak
  • pinkipnk · pikn · pinkk · pinnk · pnik · ppink

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Park" and "pink" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Park" is a noun and "pink" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Park" or "pink"?
"Park" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,640 in our German list, against #7,517 for "pink". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Park" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pink" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,981,238 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Park" and "pink" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pink vs prank". 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 #1,981,238 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