ParteivspasteTell them apart

Which to use

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

#639
“Partei” frequency rank
#24,065
“paste” frequency rank
24704
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Partei paste
Definition Gruppe von Personen, die dasselbe Ziel erreichen wollen Paste

Letter map: Partei vs paste

Shared letters muted; letters that set Partei and paste apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
Partei
5 ch
paste

Spelling & dictionary notes on Partei vs paste

Partei and paste are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24704, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Partei is recorded at frequency rank #639, classified as anoun, pronounced [paʁˈtaɪ̯]. paste is at rank #24,065, tagged as anoun, 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 24704, this pair ranks #1,843,916 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Partei vs paste

Shared letters: aept. Private to "Partei": ir. Private to "paste": s.

"Partei" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "paste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Parteiaprtei · pareti · parrtei · parttei · patrei · ppartei · pratei
  • pasteapste · paset · pastte · patse · ppaste · psate

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Partei" and "paste" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Partei" vs "paste" - which ranks higher?
"Partei" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #639 in our German list, against #24,065 for "paste". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Partei" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "paste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,843,916 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Partei" and "paste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "paste 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 #1,843,916 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