Which to use
“pacta” and “partía” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,977
- “pacta” frequency rank
- #31,043
- “partía” frequency rank
- 79020
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pacta | partía |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de pactar. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de partir o de partirse. |
Where the eye mixes pacta and partía
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. pacta runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against partía's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between pacta and partía
A purely visual mix-up. pacta ([ˈpakt̪a]) and partía ([paɾˈt̪ia]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79020, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pacta is recorded at frequency rank #47,977, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈpakt̪a]. partía is at rank #31,043, tagged as averb, pronounced [paɾˈt̪ia].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 79020, this pair ranks #13,601 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pacta vs partía
Shared letters: apt. Private to "pacta": c. Private to "partía": rí.
"pacta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "partía" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pacta ← apcta · pacat · paccta · pactta · patca · pcata · ppacta
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pacta" for "partía" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "pacta" or "partía" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "pacta" and "partía" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pacta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "partía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,601 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pacta" and "partía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pacta vs parca". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #13,601 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.