Which to use
“parties” is a verb and “partner” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,064
- “parties” frequency rank
- #1,366
- “partner” frequency rank
- 25430
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parties | partner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs party | Personen oder Institutionen, die gemeinsam ein Ziel verfolgen; Partner |
Letter map: parties vs partner
Shared letters muted; letters that set parties and partner apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for parties / partner
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: parties is averb and partneranoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25430, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
parties is recorded at frequency rank #24,064, classified as averb, pronounced […]. partner is at rank #1,366, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpartnɛr].
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 25430, this pair ranks #1,833,413 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of parties vs partner
Shared letters: aeprt. Private to "parties": is. Private to "partner": n.
"parties" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "partner" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "parties" vs "partner" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "parties" and "partner". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "parties" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "partner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,833,413 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parties" and "partner" 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 #1,833,413 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.