PartievspasteWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#4,064
“Partie” frequency rank
#24,065
“paste” frequency rank
28129
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Partie paste
Definition Durchlauf eines Spiels oder Sportwettkampfes Paste

Letter map: Partie vs paste

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

6 ch
Partie
5 ch
paste

Spelling & dictionary notes on Partie vs paste

Partie 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 28129, 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]. 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 28129, this pair ranks #1,790,056 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Partie vs paste

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

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Partieaprtie · parite · parrtie · parttie · patrie · ppartie · pratie
  • pasteapste · paset · pastte · patse · ppaste · psate

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Partie" for "paste" ever safe?
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: "Partie" vs "paste" - which ranks higher?
"Partie" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,064 in our German list, against #24,065 for "paste". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Partie" vs "paste" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Partie" 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 #1,790,056 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Partie" 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 #1,790,056 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