Which to use
“Partie” is a noun and “parties” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,064
- “Partie” frequency rank
- #24,064
- “parties” frequency rank
- 28128
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Partie | parties |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Durchlauf eines Spiels oder Sportwettkampfes | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs party |
Letter map: Partie vs parties
Shared letters muted; letters that set Partie and parties apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. Partie runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against parties's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for Partie / parties
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Partie is anoun and partiesaverb. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Partie” sits inside “parties”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28128, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Partie is recorded at frequency rank #4,064, classified as anoun, pronounced [paʁˈtiː]. 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 28128, this pair ranks #1,790,075 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Partie vs parties
Shared letters: aeiprt. Private to "Partie": -. Private to "parties": s.
"Partie" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "parties" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Partie" and "parties" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Partie" or "parties" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Partie" and "parties".
- Full dictionary entry for "Partie" 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 #1,790,075 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Partie" 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 #1,790,075 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.