parsvspisTell them apart

Which to use

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

#44,903
“pars” frequency rank
#19,527
“pis” frequency rank
64430
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pars pis
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. Secreción líquida de los riñones, conducida a la vejiga por los uréteres y expelida por la uretra.

Where the eye mixes pars and pis

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
pars
3 ch
pis

Visual trap between pars and pis

A purely visual mix-up. pars (/ˈpars/) and pis ([ˈpis]) 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 64430, 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/. pis is at rank #19,527, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpis].

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 64430, this pair ranks #45,623 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of pars vs pis

Shared letters: ps. Private to "pars": ar. Private to "pis": i.

"pars" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "pis" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • parsaprs · parrs · parss · pasr · ppars · pras

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "pars" and "pis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈpars/ versus [ˈpis]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "pars" or "pis"?
"pis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,527 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.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pars" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,623 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pars" and "pis" 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 #45,623 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