# pardons vs parton

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### pardons
*noun · IPA /ˈpɑɹ.dənz/ · frequency rank #32,113*
plural of pardon

### parton
*noun · frequency rank #27,957*
Any of the constituent particles making up a compound particle, e.g. the quarks and gluons which make up hadrons.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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