partevsportoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#72
“parte” frequency rank
#10,401
“porto” frequency rank
10473
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parte porto
Definition Lo que se separa, aparta, o se considera aisladamente del todo. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de portar.

Where the eye mixes parte and porto

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

5 ch
parte
5 ch
porto

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: parte is [ˈpaɾt̪e] while porto is [ˈpoɾt̪o]. 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 10473, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

parte is recorded at frequency rank #72, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpaɾt̪e]. porto is at rank #10,401, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈpoɾt̪o].

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 10473, this pair ranks #298,476 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of parte vs porto

Shared letters: prt. Private to "parte": ae. Private to "porto": o.

"parte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "porto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • parteaprte · paret · parrte · partte · patre · pparte · prate
  • portooprto · porot · porrto · portto · pporto · proto

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "parte" and "porto" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "parte" is a noun and "porto" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "parte" or "porto"?
"parte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #72 in our Spanish list, against #10,401 for "porto". 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