parts
/pɑːts/
"parts" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“parts” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #911. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #911
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of part
Corpus desk
Index EN-parts · parts · English
parts · rank #911 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #911
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH paper
Nearest frequency peer: paper (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “parts”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- modern
modern
99,093 corpus weight
- ones
ones
99,092 corpus weight
- paper
paper
99,091 corpus weight
- parts
parts
99,090 corpus weight
- popular
popular
99,089 corpus weight
- published
published
99,088 corpus weight
What this shows “parts” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parts |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɑːts/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #911 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “parts”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around parts (IPA /pɑːts/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #911 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of part".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for parts, with forms such as "aprts", "parrts", and "parst". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pat", "pas", "PTS", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is parts, spelled P-A-R-T-S.
Definition
- 1plural of part
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aprts
- parrts
- parst
- partss
- partts
- patrs
- pparts
- prats
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of parts - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "parts", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).