PartienvspartiesConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#5,749
“Partien” frequency rank
#24,064
“parties” frequency rank
29813
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Partien parties
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Partie 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs party

Letter map: Partien vs parties

Shared letters muted; letters that set Partien and parties apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. Partien and parties follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
Partien
7 ch
parties

Role in the sentence - Partien and parties

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Partien is anoun and partiesaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - n in “Partien” becomes s in “parties”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29813, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Partien is recorded at frequency rank #5,749, classified as anoun, pronounced [paʁˈtiːən]. 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 29813, this pair ranks #1,759,799 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Partien vs parties

Shared letters: aeiprt. Private to "Partien": n. Private to "parties": s.

"Partien" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "parties" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Partien ← aprtien · pariten · parrtien · partein · partienn · partine · parttien · patrien
  • parties ← aprties · parites · parrties · parteis · partiess · partise · partties · patries

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Partien" and "parties" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Partien" is a noun and "parties" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Partien" vs "parties" - which ranks higher?
"Partien" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,749 in our German list, against #24,064 for "parties". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Partien" vs "parties" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Partien" 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 #1,759,799 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Partien" 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 #1,759,799 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