party
par·ty/ˈpɑɹti/noun, verb, adjective
party is spelled P-A-R-T-Y, 2 syllables: par·ty. The wrong spelling people search most is pary: about 190 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 88 of all searches for the word. Party is a noun meaning “A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a…”. The plural of party is parties or @ parties.
How many letters and syllables are in party?
| Letters | 5: P-A-R-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: par·ty |
| In writing | 309 times per million words; the 306th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, pary, about 190 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell party?
Party is spelled P-A-R-T-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 88 of the searches for party in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is party?
Party appears 309 times per million words in written English, the 306th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce party?
- UK /ˈpɑːti/
- US /ˈpɑɹti/
- US [ˈpʰɑɹɾi]
Party has 2 syllables, split par·ty in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-gb-party.ogg, En-us-party.ogg, En-ca-party.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with party?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as party from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹti/):
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 party
- parties plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- partying participle, present
- partied participle, past
- more party comparative
- most party superlative
- @ parties plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does party mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.
The contract requires that the party of the first part pay the fee.
- 2
datedslangvulgarA person; an individual.
He is a queer party.
- 3
datedslangvulgarWith to: someone who takes part in an action or affair; an accessory.
I can't possibly be (a) party to that kind of reckless behaviour.
- 4
archaicA group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest, etc., or united in maintaining a cause, policy, or opinion in opposition to others; a faction.
- 5
archaicA political group considered as a formal whole, usually organized on a national basis, which contests elections and aims to form or take part in a government; a political party.
The green party took 12% of the vote.
- 6
archaicThe Communist Party, especially as the sole political party of a communist state.
- 7
archaicdatedThe feeling of solidarity with and support for one's political party; partisanship, especially in political matters.
- 8
archaicActive player characters organized into a single group.
verb
- 1
To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.
We partied until the early hours.
- 2
slangTo take recreational drugs.
- 3
To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.
- 4
To form a party (with).
If you want to beat that monster, you should party with a healer.
adjective
- 1
obsoleteDivided into parts of different tinctures, usually equal, and especially following the lines of one of the ordinaries.
an escutcheon party per pale
- 2
obsoleterareShared by two properties and serving to divide them.
- 3
Favoring one party; partisan.
adverb
- 1
obsoletePartly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Party in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | partie , participant , faction , détachement , fête, teuf |
| German | Partei , Partizipant, Teilnehmer, Teilnehmerin , Feier |
| Portuguese | parte , participante , partido , destacamento , festa, balada |
| Spanish | parte contratante, partida , participante, partícipe , partido , fiesta |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does party come from?
From Middle English party, partye, partie, from Anglo-Norman partie, from Old French partie (“side, part; portion, share; separation, division”, literally “that which is divided”), noun use of feminine of past participle of Old French partir (“to divide, separate”), from Latin partire (“to share, part, distribute, divide”), from pars (“a part, piece, a share”); see also part. First attested in c. 1300. Doublet of partita. The sense of communist party of a communist state derives Russian партия (partija), short for Коммунистическая партия (Kommunističeskaja partija).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).