# part

> English word · Noun · IPA /pɑːt/ · frequency rank #162

## Definitions
1. A portion; a component.
2. A portion; a component.
3. A portion; a component.
4. A portion; a component.
5. A portion; a component.
6. A portion; a component.
7. A portion; a component.
8. A portion; a component.
9. A portion; a component.
10. A portion; a component.
11. A portion; a component.
12. Duty; responsibility.
13. Duty; responsibility.
14. Duty; responsibility.
15. Duty; responsibility.
16. The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
17. In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds.
18. A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense.

## Etymology
From Middle English part, from Old English part (“part”) and Old French part (“part”); both from Latin partem, accusative of pars (“piece, portion, share, side, party, faction, role, character, lot, fate, task, lesson, part, member”), from Proto-Indo-European *par-, *per- (“to sell, exchange”). Akin to Latin portiō (“a portion, part”), parāre (“to make ready, prepare”). Displaced Middle English del, dele (“part”) (from Old English dǣl (“part, distribution”) > Modern English deal (“portion; amount”)), Middle English dale, dole (“part, portion”) (from Old English dāl (“portion”) > Modern English dole), Middle English sliver (“part, portion”) (from Middle English sliven (“to cut, cleave”), from Old English (tō)slifan (“to split”)).

## Easily confused with
- **PR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/part-vs-pr)
- **pt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/part-vs-pt)
- **put** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/part-vs-put)
- **per** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/part-vs-per)
- **pay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/part-vs-pay)
- **pro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/part-vs-pro)
- **pet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/part-vs-pet)
- **pot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/part-vs-pot)
- **pit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/part-vs-pit)
- **pat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/part-vs-pat)
- **pas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/part-vs-pas)
- **paw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/part-vs-paw)
- **pax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/part-vs-pax)
- **PST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/part-vs-pst)
- **PCR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/part-vs-pcr)
- **PCT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/part-vs-pct)
- **Paz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/part-vs-paz)
- **PRC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/part-vs-prc)
- **pry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/part-vs-pry)
- **pau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/part-vs-pau)

## Common misspellings (5)
`aprt`, `parrt`, `partt`, `patr`, `ppart`

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