parten
obsolete
parten is spelled P-A-R-T-E-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables. As a verb, parten means “To involve; impart, give out, bestow; share” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in parten?
| Letters | 6: P-A-R-T-E-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | too rare for the frequency list |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you pronounce parten?
Parten has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with parten?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as parten.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: parent, entrap, panter, trepan.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of parten
- partens present, singular, he/she/it
- partening participle, present
- partened participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does parten mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo involve; impart, give out, bestow; share.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does parten come from?
Uncertain. Perhaps from part + -en. Alternatively, perhaps a back-formation from partner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).