partevspastoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#72
“parte” frequency rank
#8,158
“pasto” frequency rank
8230
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parte pasto
Definition Lo que se separa, aparta, o se considera aisladamente del todo. Cualquier producto vegetal que puede alimentar al ganado o a la fauna silvestre bien directamente, bien suministrado como forraje.

Where the eye mixes parte and pasto

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

5 ch
parte
5 ch
pasto

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. parte ([ˈpaɾt̪e]) and pasto ([ˈpast̪o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8230, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

parte is recorded at frequency rank #72, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpaɾt̪e]. pasto is at rank #8,158, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpast̪o].

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 8230, this pair ranks #305,624 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of parte vs pasto

Shared letters: apt. Private to "parte": er. Private to "pasto": os.

"parte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "pasto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • parteaprte · paret · parrte · partte · patre · pparte · prate
  • pastoapsto · pasot · passto · pastto · patso · ppasto · psato

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "parte" and "pasto" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈpaɾt̪e] versus [ˈpast̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "parte" or "pasto"?
"parte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #72 in our Spanish list, against #8,158 for "pasto". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "parte" and "pasto". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "parte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pasto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #305,624 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "parte" and "pasto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pacta vs pasto". 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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list