Which to use
“part” and “parts” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #162
- “part” frequency rank
- #911
- “parts” frequency rank
- 1073
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | part | parts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A portion; a component. | plural of part |
Where the eye mixes part and parts
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. part (/pɑːt/) and parts (/pɑːts/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “part” sits inside “parts”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1073, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
part is recorded at frequency rank #162, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɑːt/. parts is at rank #911, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɑːts/.
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 1073, this pair ranks #528,166 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of part vs parts
Shared letters: aprt. Private to "part": -. Private to "parts": s.
"part" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "parts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC