partesvspartnerConfusable pair

Which to use

“partes” and “partner” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#633
“partes” frequency rank
#35,667
“partner” frequency rank
36300
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature partes partner
Definition Órganos sexuales, considerados solo en su porción anatómica externa. Socio o compañero, persona con la que se mantiene una relación comercial.

Where the eye mixes partes and partner

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
partes
7 ch
partner

Look-alike desk: partes vs partner

A purely visual mix-up. partes ([ˈpaɾt̪es]) and partner ([ˈpaɾt̪neɾ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36300, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

partes is recorded at frequency rank #633, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpaɾt̪es]. partner is at rank #35,667, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpaɾt̪neɾ].

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 36300, this pair ranks #181,369 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of partes vs partner

Shared letters: aeprt. Private to "partes": s. Private to "partner": n.

"partes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "partner" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • partesaprtes · parets · parrtes · partess · partse · parttes · patres · ppartes
  • partneraprtner · parnter · parrtner · partenr · partnerr · partnner · partnre · parttner

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "partes" and "partner" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈpaɾt̪es] versus [ˈpaɾt̪neɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "partes" or "partner" show up more?
"partes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #633 in our Spanish list, against #35,667 for "partner". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "partes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "partner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #181,369 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "partes" and "partner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "partera vs partner". 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 #181,369 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