partsvsPartyWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#21,016
“parts” frequency rank
#1,367
“Party” frequency rank
22383
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parts Party
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs part (privates oder öffentliches) geselliges, meist abendliches Treffen, (private oder öffentliche) zwanglose Feier

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set parts and Party apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch
parts
5 ch
Party

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: parts is averb and Partyanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - s in “parts” becomes y in “Party”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22383, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

parts is recorded at frequency rank #21,016, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Party is at rank #1,367, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpaːɐ̯ti].

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 22383, this pair ranks #1,874,841 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of parts vs Party

Shared letters: aprt. Private to "parts": s. Private to "Party": y.

"parts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "Party" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • partsaprts · parrts · parst · partss · partts · patrs · pparts · prats
  • Partyaprty · parrty · partty · partyy · paryt · patry · pparty · praty

Frequency comparison

parts#21,016
Party#1,367

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "parts" and "Party" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "parts" is a verb and "Party" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "parts" or "Party"?
"Party" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,367 in our German list, against #21,016 for "parts". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering parts vs Party

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “parts”; for a noun, it's “Party”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “parts” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list