Which to use
“part” and “pet” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #162
- “part” frequency rank
- #3,323
- “pet” frequency rank
- 3485
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | part | pet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A portion; a component. | An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use. |
Where the eye mixes part and pet
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. part (/pɑːt/) and pet (/pɛt/) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3485, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
part is recorded at frequency rank #162, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɑːt/. pet is at rank #3,323, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɛt/.
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 3485, this pair ranks #521,970 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of part vs pet
Shared letters: pt. Private to "part": ar. Private to "pet": e.
"part" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "pet" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- part ← aprt · parrt · partt · patr · ppart