# counterpart

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkaʊntəˌpɑːt/ · frequency rank #11,191

## Definitions
1. Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another.
2. A duplicate of a legal document.
3. One who or that which resembles another.
4. One who or that which has corresponding functions or characteristics.
5. Either half of a flattened fossil when the rock has split along the plane of the fossil.

## Etymology
From Middle English conterpart, countre parte (“duplicate of a legal document”), equivalent to counter- + part. Compare Old French contrepartie, itself from contre (“facing, opposite”) (from Latin contra (“against”)) + partie (“copy of a person or thing”) (originally past participle of partīre (“to divide”)).

## Easily confused with
- **counteract** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/counteract-vs-counterpart)

## Common misspellings (17)
`ccounterpart`, `conuterpart`, `counetrpart`, `counnterpart`, `counteprart`, `counteraprt`, `counterparrt`, `counterpartt`, `counterpatr`, `counterppart`, `counterprat`, `counterrpart`, `countrepart`, `countterpart`, `coutnerpart`, `cuonterpart`, `ocunterpart`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/counterpart