parcevsparkWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“parce” and “park” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#46,104
“parce” frequency rank
#4,099
“park” frequency rank
50203
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parce park
Definition Amigo, compañero, socio o cómplice con quien se tiene mucha intimidad. Parque.

Where the eye mixes parce and park

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
parce
4 ch
park

Visual trap between parce and park

A purely visual mix-up. parce ([ˈpaɾse]) and park (/park/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50203, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

parce is recorded at frequency rank #46,104, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpaɾse]. park is at rank #4,099, tagged as anoun, pronounced /park/.

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 50203, this pair ranks #104,528 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of parce vs park

Shared letters: apr. Private to "parce": ce. Private to "park": k.

"parce" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "park" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • parceaprce · pacre · parcce · parec · parrce · pparce · prace
  • parkaprk · pakr · parkk · parrk · ppark · prak

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "parce" and "park" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈpaɾse] versus /park/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "parce" or "park"?
"park" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,099 in our Spanish list, against #46,104 for "parce". 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 "parce" and "park" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "parce" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "park" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #104,528 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "parce" and "park" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parce vs PRC". 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 #104,528 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list