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“Partei” and “Partie” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#639
“Partei” frequency rank
#4,064
“Partie” frequency rank
4703
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Partei Partie
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Where the eye mixes Partei and Partie

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
Partei
6 ch
Partie

Visual trap between Partei and Partie

A purely visual mix-up. Partei ([paʁˈtaɪ̯]) and Partie ([paʁˈtiː]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ only by swapping two adjacent letters (ei ↔ ie) - a transposition the eye reads straight past. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4703, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Partei is recorded at frequency rank #639, classified as anoun, pronounced [paʁˈtaɪ̯]. Partie is at rank #4,064, tagged as anoun, pronounced [paʁˈtiː].

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 4703, this pair ranks #1,996,935 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Partei vs Partie

Shared letters: aeiprt. Private to "Partei": -. Private to "Partie": -.

"Partei" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "Partie" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Parteiaprtei · pareti · parrtei · parttei · patrei · ppartei · pratei
  • Partieaprtie · parite · parrtie · parttie · patrie · ppartie · pratie

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Partei" and "Partie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([paʁˈtaɪ̯] versus [paʁˈtiː]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Partei" vs "Partie" - which ranks higher?
"Partei" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #639 in our German list, against #4,064 for "Partie". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "Partei" and "Partie" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Partei" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Partie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,996,935 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Partei" and "Partie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Partie vs Prärie". 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 #1,996,935 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