partevspureWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: parte is a noun, pure is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#72
“parte” frequency rank
#22,473
“pure” frequency rank
22545
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parte pure
Definition Lo que se separa, aparta, o se considera aisladamente del todo. Puro.

Where the eye mixes parte and pure

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

5 ch
parte
4 ch
pure

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: parte is [ˈpaɾt̪e] while pure is /ˈpjʊə/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22545, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

parte is recorded at frequency rank #72, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpaɾt̪e]. pure is at rank #22,473, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈpjʊə/.

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 22545, this pair ranks #249,825 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of parte vs pure

Shared letters: epr. Private to "parte": at. Private to "pure": u.

"parte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "pure" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • parteaprte · paret · parrte · partte · patre · pparte · prate
  • pureppure · prue · puer · purre · upre

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "parte" and "pure" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "parte" is a noun and "pure" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "parte" or "pure"?
"parte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #72 in our Spanish list, against #22,473 for "pure". 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