partiellvspartiesWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#36,541
“partiell” frequency rank
#24,064
“parties” frequency rank
60605
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature partiell parties
Definition teilweise, teilweise vorhanden; nicht vollständig ausgeprägt 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs party

Letter map: partiell vs parties

Shared letters muted; letters that set partiell and parties apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. partiell runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCC) against parties's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
partiell
7 ch
parties

Grammar separator: partiell vs parties

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: partiell is anadjective and partiesaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60605, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

partiell is recorded at frequency rank #36,541, classified as anadj, pronounced [paʁˈt͡si̯ɛl]. 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 60605, this pair ranks #780,773 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of partiell vs parties

Shared letters: aeiprt. Private to "partiell": l. Private to "parties": s.

"partiell" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC  ·  "parties" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • partiell ← aprtiell · paritell · parrtiell · parteill · partiel · partilel · parttiell · patriell
  • parties ← aprties · parites · parrties · parteis · partiess · partise · partties · patries

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "partiell" and "parties" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "partiell" is an adjective and "parties" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "partiell" or "parties" show up more?
"parties" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,064 in our German list, against #36,541 for "partiell". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "partiell" 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 #780,773 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "partiell" and "parties" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "partiell vs Partikeln". 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 #780,773 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