Which to use
“parks” is a noun and “parts” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,248
- “parks” frequency rank
- #21,016
- “parts” frequency rank
- 30264
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parks | parts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs park | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs part |
Letter map: parks vs parts
Shared letters muted; letters that set parks and parts apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for parks / parts
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: parks is anoun and partsaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - k in “parks” becomes t in “parts”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30264, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
parks is recorded at frequency rank #9,248, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. parts is at rank #21,016, tagged as averb, 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 30264, this pair ranks #1,751,264 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of parks vs parts
Shared letters: aprs. Private to "parks": k. Private to "parts": t.
"parks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "parts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "parks" for "parts" ever safe?
Frequency check: "parks" vs "parts" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "parks" vs "parts" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "parks" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "parts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,751,264 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parks" and "parts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parts 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 #1,751,264 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.