paridovspartidoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: parido is a verb, partido is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“parido” is a verb and “partido” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,368
“parido” frequency rank
#206
“partido” frequency rank
39574
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parido partido
Definition Participio de parir. Que no muestra reparos ni retaceos en compartir sus bienes.

Where the eye mixes parido and partido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. parido runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against partido's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
parido
7 ch
partido

Visual trap between parido and partido

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: parido is [paˈɾið̞o] while partido is [paɾˈt̪ið̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39574, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

parido is recorded at frequency rank #39,368, classified as averb, pronounced [paˈɾið̞o]. partido is at rank #206, tagged as anadj, pronounced [paɾˈt̪ið̞o].

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 39574, this pair ranks #163,779 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of parido vs partido

Shared letters: adiopr. Private to "parido": -. Private to "partido": t.

"parido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "partido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • parido ← aprido · pairdo · pardio · pariddo · pariod · parrido · pparido · praido
  • partido ← aprtido · paritdo · parrtido · partdio · partiddo · partiod · parttido · patrido

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "parido" for "partido" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "parido" is a verb and "partido" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "parido" vs "partido" - which ranks higher?
"partido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #206 in our Spanish list, against #39,368 for "parido". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "parido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "partido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #163,779 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "parido" and "partido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parido vs párpado". 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 #163,779 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