Partei
[paʁˈtaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Partei” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #639 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #639
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gruppe von Personen, die dasselbe Ziel erreichen wollen
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Partei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paʁˈtaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #639 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Partei” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Partei is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paʁˈtaɪ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #639 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Partei, with forms such as "aprtei", "pareti", and "parrtei". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Pate", "Party", "pater", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Partei, spelled P-A-R-T-E-I.
Definition
- 1Gruppe von Personen, die dasselbe Ziel erreichen wollen
- 2eine der beiden Seiten in einem Prozess, Kläger oder Beklagter
- 3dauerhafter Zusammenschluss von Personen, um gemeinsame politische Interessen verwirklichen zu können
- 4dauerhafter Zusammenschluss von Personen, um gemeinsame politische Interessen verwirklichen zu können
- 5Person, die einen Vertrag geschlossen hat
- 6Mieter in einem Mietshaus
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aprtei,pareti,parrtei,parttei,patrei,ppartei,pratei
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Partei - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Partei”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-A-R-T-E-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [paʁˈtaɪ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Pate” - see the side-by-side comparison. Partei vs Pate
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.