partevspautaWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: parte is a noun, pauta is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“parte” is a noun and “pauta” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#72
“parte” frequency rank
#13,758
“pauta” frequency rank
13830
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parte pauta
Definition Lo que se separa, aparta, o se considera aisladamente del todo. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de pautar.

Where the eye mixes parte and pauta

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

5 ch
parte
5 ch
pauta

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: parte is [ˈpaɾt̪e] while pauta is [ˈpawt̪a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13830, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

parte is recorded at frequency rank #72, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpaɾt̪e]. pauta is at rank #13,758, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈpawt̪a].

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 13830, this pair ranks #286,386 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of parte vs pauta

Shared letters: apt. Private to "parte": er. Private to "pauta": u.

"parte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "pauta" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • parteaprte · paret · parrte · partte · patre · pparte · prate
  • pautaaputa · patua · pauat · pautta · ppauta · puata

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "parte" and "pauta" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "parte" is a noun and "pauta" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "parte" or "pauta"?
"parte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #72 in our Spanish list, against #13,758 for "pauta". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list