parktevsParteiWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#48,374
“parkte” frequency rank
#639
“Partei” frequency rank
49013
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parkte Partei
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs parken Gruppe von Personen, die dasselbe Ziel erreichen wollen

Where the eye mixes parkte and Partei

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
parkte
6 ch
Partei

Visual trap between parkte and Partei

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: parkte is [ˈpaʁktə] while Partei is [paʁˈtaɪ̯]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49013, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

parkte is recorded at frequency rank #48,374, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈpaʁktə]. Partei is at rank #639, tagged as anoun, pronounced [paʁˈtaɪ̯].

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 49013, this pair ranks #1,227,262 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of parkte vs Partei

Shared letters: aeprt. Private to "parkte": k. Private to "Partei": i.

"parkte" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV  ·  "Partei" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • parkteaprkte · pakrte · parkkte · parktte · parrkte · partke · pparkte · prakte
  • Parteiaprtei · pareti · parrtei · parttei · patrei · ppartei · pratei

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "parkte" and "Partei" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "parkte" is a verb and "Partei" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "parkte" or "Partei" show up more?
"Partei" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #639 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "parkte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Partei" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,227,262 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "parkte" and "Partei" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Päpste vs parkte". 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 #1,227,262 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