Which to use
“parte” and “porta” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #72
- “parte” frequency rank
- #10,734
- “porta” frequency rank
- 10806
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parte | porta |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lo que se separa, aparta, o se considera aisladamente del todo. | Cada una de las aberturas, a modo de ventanas, que se practican en los costados y en la popa de los buques, para dar luz y ventilación al interior de los mismos, para verificar su carga y descarga y muy principalmente para el juego de la artillería. |
Where the eye mixes parte and porta
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. parte ([ˈpaɾt̪e]) and porta ([ˈpoɾt̪a]) 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 10806, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
parte is recorded at frequency rank #72, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpaɾt̪e]. porta is at rank #10,734, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpoɾt̪a].
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 10806, this pair ranks #297,308 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of parte vs porta
Shared letters: aprt. Private to "parte": e. Private to "porta": o.
"parte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "porta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV