Which to use
“parten” is a verb and “portón” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,680
- “parten” frequency rank
- #21,795
- “portón” frequency rank
- 37475
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parten | portón |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de partir o de partirse. | Aumentativo de puerta. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set parten and portón apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: parten is [ˈpaɾt̪ẽn] while portón is [poɾˈt̪õn]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37475, 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]. portón is at rank #21,795, tagged as anoun, pronounced [poɾˈt̪õn].
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 37475, this pair ranks #175,116 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of parten vs portón
Shared letters: nprt. Private to "parten": ae. Private to "portón": oó.
"parten" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "portón" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- parten ← aprten · paretn · parrten · partenn · partne · partten · patren · pparten