parcevspartiWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: parce is a noun, parti is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“parce” is a noun and “parti” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,104
“parce” frequency rank
#39,905
“parti” frequency rank
86009
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parce parti
Definition Amigo, compañero, socio o cómplice con quien se tiene mucha intimidad. Segunda persona del singular (tu) del presente de indicativo de partire.

Where the eye mixes parce and parti

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. parce and parti follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
parce
5 ch
parti

Look-alike desk: parce vs parti

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: parce is [ˈpaɾse] while parti is /ˈpaɾ.ti/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86009, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

parce is recorded at frequency rank #46,104, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpaɾse]. parti is at rank #39,905, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈpaɾ.ti/.

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 86009, this pair ranks #5,625 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of parce vs parti

Shared letters: apr. Private to "parce": ce. Private to "parti": it.

"parce" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "parti" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • parce ← aprce · pacre · parcce · parec · parrce · pparce · prace
  • parti ← aprti · parit · parrti · partti · patri · pparti · prati

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "parce" and "parti" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "parce" is a noun and "parti" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "parce" vs "parti" - which ranks higher?
"parti" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,905 in our Spanish list, against #46,104 for "parce". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "parce" and "parti" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "parce" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "parti" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #5,625 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "parce" and "parti" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parce vs PRC". 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 #5,625 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list