partenvsporteConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#15,680
“parten” frequency rank
#12,449
“porte” frequency rank
28129
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parten porte
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de partir o de partirse. Acción de portear.

Where the eye mixes parten and porte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
parten
5 ch
porte

Visual trap between parten and porte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: parten is [ˈpaɾt̪ẽn] while porte is [ˈpoɾt̪e]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28129, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

parten is recorded at frequency rank #15,680, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈpaɾt̪ẽn]. porte is at rank #12,449, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpoɾt̪e].

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 28129, this pair ranks #223,477 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of parten vs porte

Shared letters: eprt. Private to "parten": an. Private to "porte": o.

"parten" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "porte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • partenaprten · paretn · parrten · partenn · partne · partten · patren · pparten
  • porteoprte · poret · porrte · portte · potre · pporte · prote

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "parten" and "porte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "parten" is a verb and "porte" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "parten" or "porte"?
"porte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,449 in our Spanish list, against #15,680 for "parten". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "parten" and "porte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "parten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "porte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #223,477 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "parten" and "porte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parten vs partían". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #223,477 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list