Which to use
“parked” is an adjective and “picked” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,182
- “parked” frequency rank
- #1,956
- “picked” frequency rank
- 10138
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parked | picked |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Left somewhere when not in use. | simple past and past participle of pick |
Letter map: parked vs picked
Shared letters muted; letters that set parked and picked apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Role in the sentence - parked and picked
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: parked is anadjective and pickedaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10138, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
parked is recorded at frequency rank #8,182, classified as anadj. picked is at rank #1,956, tagged as averb, pronounced /pɪkt/.
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 10138, this pair ranks #493,798 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of parked vs picked
Shared letters: dekp. Private to "parked": ar. Private to "picked": ci.
"parked" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "picked" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "parked" for "picked" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "parked" or "picked" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "parked" and "picked".
- Full dictionary entry for "parked" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "picked" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #493,798 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parked" and "picked" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parked vs parley". 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 #493,798 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.