parsvspersaTell them apart

Which to use

“pars” and “persa” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,903
“pars” frequency rank
#11,469
“persa” frequency rank
56372
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pars persa
Definition Una de las porciones (iguales o no) en las que se pueda dividir una cosa (material o no), parte, porción, trozo, pedazo, pieza, etc. Lengua indoeuropea de la rama indoirania, hablada en Irán y las áreas colindantes de Asia.

Where the eye mixes pars and persa

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
pars
5 ch
persa

Look-alike desk: pars vs persa

A purely visual mix-up. pars (/ˈpars/) and persa ([ˈpeɾsa]) 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 56372, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pars is recorded at frequency rank #44,903, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpars/. persa is at rank #11,469, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpeɾsa].

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 56372, this pair ranks #74,882 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of pars vs persa

Shared letters: aprs. Private to "pars": -. Private to "persa": e.

"pars" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "persa" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • parsaprs · parrs · parss · pasr · ppars · pras
  • persaeprsa · perrsa · perssa · ppersa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "pars" and "persa" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈpars/ versus [ˈpeɾsa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "pars" or "persa" show up more?
"persa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,469 in our Spanish list, against #44,903 for "pars". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "pars" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "persa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #74,882 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pars" and "persa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pars 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 #74,882 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