Which to use
“picken” is a verb and “Pinken” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,512
- “picken” frequency rank
- #44,133
- “Pinken” frequency rank
- 89645
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | picken | Pinken |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mit dem Schnabel auf etwas einhacken, insbesondere Futterkörner | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Pinke |
Where the eye mixes picken and Pinken
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. picken and Pinken follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: picken vs Pinken
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: picken is [ˈpɪkn̩] while Pinken is [ˈpɪŋkn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - c in “picken” becomes n in “Pinken”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89645, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
picken is recorded at frequency rank #45,512, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈpɪkn̩]. Pinken is at rank #44,133, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpɪŋkn̩].
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 89645, this pair ranks #55,083 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of picken vs Pinken
Shared letters: eiknp. Private to "picken": c. Private to "Pinken": -.
"picken" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "Pinken" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "picken" for "Pinken" ever safe?
Which is more common, "picken" or "Pinken"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "picken" and "Pinken" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "picken" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Pinken" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,083 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "picken" and "Pinken" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Pinken vs Planken". 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 #55,083 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.