goodbyevspartsConfusable pair

Quick tell: goodbye is a intj, parts is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“goodbye” is an intj and “parts” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,369
“goodbye” frequency rank
#21,016
“parts” frequency rank
45385
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature goodbye parts
Definition auf Wiedersehen 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs part

Letter map: goodbye vs parts

Shared letters muted; letters that set goodbye and parts apart highlighted. No shared letter run. goodbye runs 7 letters (CVVCCVV) against parts's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
goodbye
5 ch
parts

Part-of-speech tell for goodbye / parts

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: goodbye is anintj and partsaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45385, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

goodbye is recorded at frequency rank #24,369, classified as anintj, pronounced […]. parts is at rank #21,016, tagged as averb, 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 45385, this pair ranks #1,354,830 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of goodbye vs parts

Shared letters: none. Private to "goodbye": bdegoy. Private to "parts": aprst.

"goodbye" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV  ·  "parts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • goodbyeggoodbye · godbye · godobye · goobdye · goodbbye · goodbey · goodbyye · gooddbye
  • partsaprts · parrts · parst · partss · partts · patrs · pparts · prats

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "goodbye" and "parts" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "goodbye" is an intj and "parts" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "goodbye" vs "parts" - which ranks higher?
"parts" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,016 in our German list, against #24,369 for "goodbye". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "goodbye" vs "parts" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "goodbye" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "parts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,354,830 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "goodbye" and "parts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "goodbye 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 #1,354,830 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