# party

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɑː.ti/ · frequency rank #308

## Definitions
1. A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.
2. A person; an individual.
3. A person; an individual.
4. A 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. A 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.
6. A 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.
7. A 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.
8. A 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.
9. A 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.
10. A detachment of troops selected for a particular service or duty.
11. A group of people gathered together, especially temporarily, for a specific purpose such as travel or sport.
12. A group of people gathered together, especially temporarily, for a specific purpose such as travel or sport.
13. A group of people gathered together, especially temporarily, for a specific purpose such as travel or sport.
14. A small group of birds or mammals.
15. A part or portion.
16. A prospective partner or an offer of marriage.
17. A decision, resolution, agreement.

## Etymology
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).

## Easily confused with
- **pay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/party-vs-pay)
- **pat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/party-vs-pat)
- **pry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/party-vs-pry)
- **past** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/party-vs-past)
- **port** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/party-vs-port)
- **path** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/party-vs-path)
- **pray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/party-vs-pray)
- **pity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/party-vs-pity)
- **prey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/party-vs-prey)
- **pats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/party-vs-pats)
- **pate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/party-vs-pate)
- **pert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/party-vs-pert)
- **perry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/party-vs-perry)
- **petty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/party-vs-petty)
- **ports** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/party-vs-ports)
- **Perth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/party-vs-perth)
- **pasta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/party-vs-pasta)
- **paste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/party-vs-paste)
- **Percy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/party-vs-percy)
- **Patty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/party-vs-patty)

## Common misspellings (8)
`aprty`, `parrty`, `partty`, `partyy`, `paryt`, `patry`, `pparty`, `praty`

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