parter
"parter" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“parter” is uncommon English (frequency #66,177 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,177
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A work in a specified number of parts.
Corpus desk
Index EN-parter · parter · English
parter · rank #66,177 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,177
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH papillomavirus
Nearest frequency peer: papillomavirus (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “parter”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Palmieri
Palmieri
33,827 corpus weight
- paneer
paneer
33,826 corpus weight
- papillomavi…
papillomavirus
33,825 corpus weight
- parter
parter
33,824 corpus weight
- pathologica…
pathologically
33,822 corpus weight
- Pauling
Pauling
33,821 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “parter” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #66,177 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “parter” in English
Rare enough to double-check
parter is uncommon English at frequency #66,177 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A work in a specified number of parts.".
Zero misspellings are on record for parter in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From part (“noun”) + -er. The correct English form is parter, spelled P-A-R-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A work in a specified number of parts.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how parter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The show was a two-parter, but we stopped watching halfway through.
Etymology
From part (“noun”) + -er.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).