Which to use
“parte” and “pata” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #72
- “parte” frequency rank
- #5,869
- “pata” frequency rank
- 5941
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parte | pata |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lo que se separa, aparta, o se considera aisladamente del todo. | Extremidad de los animales utilizada para la locomoción en tierra, que va en número de un único par en las aves y los primates hasta unos 200 pares en los miriápodos de la clase Diplopoda. Funcionalmente similar, es sin embargo evolutivamente muy diferente entre invertebrados y vertebrados. En estos últimos está por lo general dividida claramente en dos secciones, articuladas en la rodilla. |
Where the eye mixes parte and pata
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. parte ([ˈpaɾt̪e]) and pata ([ˈpat̪a]) 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 5941, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
parte is recorded at frequency rank #72, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpaɾt̪e]. pata is at rank #5,869, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpat̪a].
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 5941, this pair ranks #312,232 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of parte vs pata
Shared letters: apt. Private to "parte": er. Private to "pata": -.
"parte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "pata" · 4 letters · shape CVCV