Which to use
“park” is a verb and “pat” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,173
- “park” frequency rank
- #10,372
- “pat” frequency rank
- 14545
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | park | pat |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de parken. | Situation où un des deux joueurs, qui n’a pas son roi en échec et qui a le trait, ne peut pas jouer sans mettre le roi en prise, et qui constitue un des cas de nullité de la partie. |
Where the eye mixes park and pat
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: park vs pat
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: park is \paʁk\ while pat is \pat\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14545, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
park is recorded at frequency rank #4,173, classified as averb, pronounced \paʁk\. pat is at rank #10,372, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pat\.
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 14545, this pair ranks #396,211 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of park vs pat
Shared letters: ap. Private to "park": kr. Private to "pat": t.
"park" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "pat" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- park ← aprk · pakr · parkk · parrk · ppark · prak
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "park" for "pat" ever safe?
Frequency check: "park" vs "pat" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "park" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pat" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #396,211 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "park" and "pat" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pat vs pio". 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 #396,211 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.