PollockvssamplesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Pollock is a name, samples is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Pollock” is a name and “samples” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,968
“Pollock” frequency rank
#42,107
“samples” frequency rank
92075
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Pollock samples
Definition deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname Plural des Substantivs sample

Letter map: Pollock vs samples

Shared letters muted; letters that set Pollock and samples apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

7 ch
Pollock
7 ch
samples

Role in the sentence - Pollock and samples

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Pollock is aname and samplesanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 7 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92075, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Pollock is recorded at frequency rank #49,968, classified as aname, pronounced […]. samples is at rank #42,107, 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 92075, this pair ranks #32,657 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Pollock vs samples

Shared letters: lp. Private to "Pollock": cko. Private to "samples": aems.

"Pollock" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "samples" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Pollockopllock · plolock · pollcok · pollocck · pollockk · pollokc · polock · pololck
  • samplesasmples · samlpes · sammples · sampels · sampless · samplles · samplse · sampples

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Pollock" and "samples" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Pollock" is a name and "samples" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Pollock" or "samples" show up more?
"samples" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,107 in our German list, against #49,968 for "Pollock". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Pollock" and "samples".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Pollock" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "samples" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #32,657 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Pollock" and "samples" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Pollock 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 #32,657 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