parktevspasteWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#48,374
“parkte” frequency rank
#24,065
“paste” frequency rank
72439
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parkte paste
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs parken Paste

Letter map: parkte vs paste

Shared letters muted; letters that set parkte and paste apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
parkte
5 ch
paste

Part-of-speech tell for parkte / paste

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: parkte is averb and pasteanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72439, 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]. paste is at rank #24,065, tagged as anoun, 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 72439, this pair ranks #388,324 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of parkte vs paste

Shared letters: aept. Private to "parkte": kr. Private to "paste": s.

"parkte" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV  ·  "paste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • parkteaprkte · pakrte · parkkte · parktte · parrkte · partke · pparkte · prakte
  • pasteapste · paset · pastte · patse · ppaste · psate

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "parkte" for "paste" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "parkte" is a verb and "paste" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "parkte" or "paste" show up more?
"paste" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,065 in our German list, against #48,374 for "parkte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "parkte" and "paste".

  • Full dictionary entry for "parkte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "paste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #388,324 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "parkte" and "paste" 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 #388,324 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