ParteivspartiesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Partei is a noun, parties is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Partei” is a noun and “parties” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#639
“Partei” frequency rank
#24,064
“parties” frequency rank
24703
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Partei parties
Definition Gruppe von Personen, die dasselbe Ziel erreichen wollen 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs party

Letter map: Partei vs parties

Shared letters muted; letters that set Partei and parties apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

6 ch
Partei
7 ch
parties

Grammar separator: Partei vs parties

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Partei is anoun and partiesaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24703, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Partei is recorded at frequency rank #639, classified as anoun, pronounced [paʁˈtaɪ̯]. parties is at rank #24,064, 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 24703, this pair ranks #1,843,932 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Partei vs parties

Shared letters: aeiprt. Private to "Partei": -. Private to "parties": s.

"Partei" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "parties" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Parteiaprtei · pareti · parrtei · parttei · patrei · ppartei · pratei
  • partiesaprties · parites · parrties · parteis · partiess · partise · partties · patries

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Partei" and "parties" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Partei" is a noun and "parties" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Partei" vs "parties" - which ranks higher?
"Partei" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #639 in our German list, against #24,064 for "parties". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "Partei" and "parties". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Partei" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "parties" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,843,932 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Partei" and "parties" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parties 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 #1,843,932 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